A Waltmarie
In five American Sentences
The young man climbed up to the roof in the raging storm, feeling groovy. Hooting and hollering, his friends cheered him on, as he started to dance. Skipping and jumping along the roof's edge, he kept his balance, but just. Sadly, the speed of his wild pirouettes was more than he could maintain. In his cocaine-induced ecstasy, he suddenly lost his balance.
W3 poetry prompt
This poem was written in response to Kunjal’s W3 prompt ~ to write a poem in 16 lines or less that includes the word ‘groovy’.
dโVerse Open Link Night #319
This poem was written for dโVerse OLN #319, as well as for this week’s d’Verse poetics prompt on ‘peer pressure’.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
I really like the way you’ve melded two forms into one here (an “American Waltmarie?”). You’ve got such a dynamic touch when it comes to effortlessly creating in various and sundry formats. Good stuff, David. ๐
๐ค ๐ณ Mike ๐ณ ๐ค
Nooo! Had a feeling this wasn’t going to end well …
๐ Marion ๐
That was intenseโฆ Is he okay though? Wonderful poem, visually captivating, Ben๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
โค ๐ Deeksha โค ๐ ~ whether or not he's okay is up to the readers' interpretations! ๐
BTW, please feel free to call me ‘David’ because that is my first name.
The word ‘ben’ in Hebrew simply means ‘son of’, and my father’s name was ‘Alexander’… I created this blog in his memory.
I know it’s confusing because ‘Ben’ is also a name in English – I’m sorry about the confusion!
Much love,
David
Okay! I didn’t know that, David.. And it’s so heart-warming that you started a blog for your father. Sending you good wishes๐๐ผ๐
๐ค ๐ค Deeksha ๐ค ๐ค
WOW David… โคโคโค Vertigo
๐ฅด Filipa ๐ฅด
Oops! If there ever was a drug for turning people into idiotsโฆ
โค๏ธ Ingrid โค๏ธ ~ for this poem, I researched which drugs make people act crazy. Beyond marijuana, I have no personal experience.
โIdiot powderโ for sure!
Tut tutโฆ poor guy.
๐ฑ Sadje ๐ฑ
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definitely not good to be high. great response!
๐ Kunjal ๐