Ovi Poetry Challenge 5: EQUAL is your inspiration.

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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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10 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 5: EQUAL is your inspiration.”

  2. More Equal Than…

    Even birth does not square the deal.
    We all enter with bump and squeal,
    seeking the nipple, that first meal,
    the cut of the cord. A new life.

    Yet, as noted, the deals not squared.
    Poverty leaves many impaired,
    while the wealthy, always well-fared,
    relish the scales weighted their way.

    Will it always be out of whack?
    Those who have, do. Those who don’t, lack?
    Will the song be, ’I’m alright, Jack?’
    Will the imbalances be redrawn?

    Small poems will not shift the weight,
    yet I would plead its not too late.
    Redistribute wealth, a fine fate,
    and we shall see, yes, we shall see.

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