Ovi Poetry Challenge 36: NEGATIVITY 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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13 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 36: NEGATIVITY is your inspiration.”

  3. The Pessimist

    He observes from the gallery,

    the world’s weight a mere calorie,

    and, retired with a salary,

    he has no skin in this sad game.

    He might sometimes watch nightly news

    from a number of comfy pews,

    then shut his eyes – a little snooze –

    because it’s all too much to bear.

    The world’s grief distresses him so.

    He wishes that those in the know

    would do something. The sorrows grow-

    he knows it’ll never get better.

    You might think him a pessimist,

    a dreary soul who does persist

    to bunch his hankies in a twist –

    you’d likely be dead on the mark.

    The years roll on, as they will do,

    the horrors mount, there’s nothing new

    under the sun. The world’s a Zoo

    three score and ten and then…adieu.

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  6. Words can make or mar
    They inspire us to reach the star
    Or forever leave a scar
    Words have great power.

    Once they come to the open
    They may create commotion
    And lead to the corrosion
    Of our inner identity.

    Thank you Ronovan 🙂 How are you ?

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