Ovi Poetry Challenge 32: PROMISES 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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11 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 32: PROMISES is your inspiration.”

  4. The Promise

    I took an oath the other night,
    a modest pledge to get it right,
    to rise next day in daybreak light
    and spend some time with poetry.

    Thru morning mist, I saw the sun,
    a distant globe, a warming one
    and I arose, my sleep undone ―
    with pen in hand, I sought the truth.

    And far away, in scarred Ukraine,
    the winter war dead fell like rain,
    prisoners flight, soviet plane,
    a fiery blast, exploding sky.

    The poem done, a trifle thing,
    the war rippled its deadly sting,
    a thoughtless slaughter in full swing,
    and the poet crawled back to bed.

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  8. The dream to make life better
    When poverty imposes pressure
    And the spectre of failure
    Forces people to migrate.

    Thousands of miles from home
    In search of work forced to roam
    Moving from known to unknown
    Hoping for a better tomorrow.

    Thank you Ronovan. 🙂

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