Ovi Poetry Challenge 37: POSITIVITY 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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9 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 37: POSITIVITY is your inspiration.”

  3. Happy Camper, I Am Not ― A Poem Not Completely Filled with False Positivity

    As February inches down,

    as March sallies forth, grabs the crown

    of succession, wind-swept fires drown

    the Texan Panhandle in pain.

    I am not a fountain of joy,

    blissfully trying to employ

    poems to please the hoi polloi,

    the few who might read my constructs.

    With these eyes, crammed with cataracts,

    a state that does not hide the facts,

    the world is near to full collapse,

    at least that is the way it seems.

    Yet, I still seek a laugh or two,

    or three for humour is a brew,

    a blend of grief and whoop-dee-doo ―

    a cavalcade of craziness.

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  8. A gentle pat on the back
    Keeps us going on the track
    And we must really thank
    People who encourage us.

    Encouraging positive words
    Makes us fly high like birds
    To different worlds
    Fulfilling our dreams.

    Thank you for this prompt Ronovan 🙂

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