Ovi Poetry Challenge 4: RACE is your inspiration.

Ronovan Ovi Challenge, , , , ,

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

OVI POETRY

Ovi is a syllabic/metre poetry form. In this case, Ovi is from India, originating in the Marathi language. The Ovi  has been in use in written form since the 13th Century, but the women’s ovee/ovi predates the literary form by at least the 12th Century.

The Ovi are in general, lyrical folk songs expressing love, social irony, and heroic events. They are written in the following scheme.

4 line stanzas, as few as one stanza and up to as many as you like.

8 syllables or less per line

Rhyming is AAAb. The second stanza would be CCCd. The third, EEEf. And so on. Meaning nothing in one stanza must rhyme with anything in the previous stanza. The fourth line does not rhyme.

Example:

Roly Poly by Judi Van Gorder

The big toothed tot with golden hair
picked up a bug on Sister’s dare,
it rolled into a ball right there
and won her springtime heart.

Notice the rhyming pattern is AAAb or
A
A
A
b

My Attempt

Blue flowers continue to grow,
with the shadow’s making them glow,
giving life to darkness and woe,
dying each year to yet return.

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19 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 4: RACE is your inspiration.”

  1. The Race

    At some point, a point yet to come,
    the race concludes. It will be done
    and nothing ‘neath the cruel sun,
    can change the orbit of our flight.

    There can be slight adjustments made,
    a timely tweak, a twisted braid,
    but each of us, in time will fade
    life lived and then the journey’s end.

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  5. […] My life’s a journey not a race.Prefer my days in easy pace.Too much demand is hard to face.Now look into my eyes.When I say “yes” and run about.I don’t dismay and never pout.But yearn instead for my ‘time out’.A solitary rest.We each need space from time to time.Seems I need more, than most, to prime.To me it’s not a selfish crime.If you love me, let me go.Once I recharge, I’ll be more fun.And get my chores and helping done.My absence isn’t meant to shun.That’s Me and how I roll.https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/07/12/ovi-poetry-challenge-4-race-is-your-inspiration/ […]

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