Ovi Poetry Challenge 43: MAINTENANCE is your inspiration.

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I began sharing some thoughts about self -maintenance but it sounded like I was feeling sorry for myself. When no one else has sympathy for you, give it to yourself. You don’t share all the details of your life with the people you know… relatives, church members, because it’s not what you do or even what I like to do. It’s my problem, not anyone else’s so why ruin their day with it? That’s where maintenance comes in.

This isn’t about cars or making certain your air conditioner is ready for the summer, although I recommend doing that. This is about self-maintenance. You need to take care of yourself; physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Okay, so maybe at least get two of those. I get maybe one a day if I’m lucky. I think that’s why I’m going insane.

 

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 43: MAINTENANCE is your inspiration.”

  1. You know how they classify women in US? High maintenance and low maintenance, it’s kind of a joke most of the time, but I wanted to say here that I always thought that I was low maintenance, turns out it’s not true. Believe it or not, I’m high maintenance and it’s okay, it’s not illegal to have needs and to have them met

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  2. Self-Care in a Careless World

    I banged my toe the other day,

    a chunk of firewood came in play.

    I screamed a bloody donkey’s bray.

    And then applied soothing ointment.

    A trifle affair you might think,

    not worthy of a poet’s wink,

    just drama from a kitchen sink

    poet, playwright, and you’d be right.

    Still, there was some pain in my toe,

    bleeding and a bruise from the blow,

    that caused me not a little woe,

    unused am I to sudden pain.

     Balance this digit injury

    versus war and want’s infamy,

    and sore toes are mere frippery,

    piffle in the grand scheme of things.

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  6. With ourselves we must keep trust

    Loving ourselves is a must

    Not doing so is being unjust

    To our mind and body.

    Looking after ourselves daily

    Physically and mentally

    Should be done steadily

    To be healthy till the end.

    Thank you Ronovan for this prompt. 

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