Published Poem about adventure gone wrong “Thrill Ride”
Thrill Ride *
The thrill of a lifetime
Go for it!
Catapult launch
Moment of zero-g, then negative-g at the summit
Airtime
First drop
Thrown forward as gravity takes over
Look down the track as the ground rapidly approaches
Scream
Hold your head back as the g-force intensifies
Inversion
Double Loop-de-loop
Corkscrew
Throw your hands up in the air
Barrel roll
Helix
Thrown sideways from lateral-g’s
Elevated curve
Banked turn
Camel back speed run
Brake
Cheer
Exit the ride
A big adrenaline rush
Not satisfied
Thirsty for more thrills
Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Harder
Log flume
Space shot drop tower
Pendulum ride
Alpine coaster
Extreme swing ride
Sling shot reverse bungee
Sky coaster
Zip line
Scuba-dive
Parasail
Pure exhilaration
NO FEAR
Step it up, bro
Higher, More Extreme
Ride your motorcycle from Chicago to Los Angeles on Route 66 without a helmet
Drag race on the Autobahn through hairpin turns
Ride the Class 5 raging river rapids on a raft through the Grand Canyon
Bungee jump from a derelict bridge in Mexico
Freedive to a depth of 100 meters off the coast of Greece
Tandem parachute jump through the clouds and in the rain
Run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in frozen Alaska
Hang glide and paraglide high above Rio De Janeiro
You’re invincible
An adrenaline junkie
“Danger” is your middle name
Wilder, Crazier, More Unique
Surfing the big one on the deadly Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu
Cliff diving into the strong winds and shallow water of Acapulco
Base jumping off world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela
Leaping from a helicopter in a wingsuit and flying through Tianmen Cave
Rock climbing without a harness up the treacherous Trango Towers in Pakistan
Off-trail heli-skiing in a remote avalanche zone in British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains
Speed-climbing Mount Everest without oxygen or a Sherpa
Each one better than the last
Live every day like it is your last
Living the fast life
…the…good…life…
Smoking and binge drinking in Cancun until blacking out
Designer drugs from an unknown lab at a trendy club in Los Angeles
Unprotected casual sex in your apartment with strangers from Craigslist
YOLO
Pushing your limits
Living life to the fullest
Laughing at death
Tempting fate
Secretly wishing to die
Kevin Strong
2014
* First published by Kind of a Hurricane Press (Life is a Roller Coaster Anthology) in September 2014
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Kev
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10 Comments
Sue
Nice poem about thrills! Thanks for sharing it.
Retirestyle Travel
Thanks for liking my thrill ride poem, Sue. Thrills are good up to a point.
JoJo Hall
That was such an exciting and relatable poem. Reminds me of the times I went on rollercoasters back in the day when I used to ride them
Kevin Strong
Kevin loves thrilling roller-coasters and other thrill rides. Tina is less of a fan, although she used to like them when she was younger. We have only read about most of the other extreme experiences listed later in the poem.
Gemma
Really fun poem! Brought back a lot of memories of going to theme parks and experiencing thrill rides as a kid.
Kevin Strong
Yes, it started off with innocent amusement park rides and escalated until it spun out of control. The poem is part living vicariously and part cautionary tale
Rebekah Charles
Lovely poem about thrills! Reminds about life and how things can go suddenly unexpected. Thanks for sharing.
Kevin Strong
Thanks.
The poem goes beyond thrills at an amusement park. Some people do dangerous things because they secretly hope that something will go wrong. By risking their life, they could be throwing it away.
PRIYANKA JOSHI
Wow lovely poem on thrill, It use to be so much fun visiting theme parks and taking such thrill rides before Pandemic.
Kevin Strong
Yes, we loved rollercoasters and its been way too long since we rode one. However, this poem starts off about fun, thrill and excitement and leads down a slippery slope.