Ovi Poetry Challenge 18: FUNNY is your inspiration.

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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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15 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 18: FUNNY is your inspiration.”

  3. I Laughed So Hard…

    I am my own, a flying drone
    above the earth, ever alone.
    Much sadder than my funny bone ―
    laughter seems a cosmos away.

    I love to laugh, don’t get me wrong.
    Merriment is a weightless song,
    relished when the world sings along ―
    voices vibrant, in harmony.

    But there are times when one can’t laugh,
    the worship of the Golden Calf,
    dishonour shared, not cut by half ―
    multiplied in every quarter.

    As rockets soar both to and fro,
    as lives are lost with every blow,
    and guilt belongs to those who know,
    there is no escape from sorrow.

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