Ovi Poetry Challenge 53: MOTIVATION 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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14 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 53: MOTIVATION is your inspiration.”

  2. When Sleep Calls Can Pickleball Be Fall (Far) Behind

    Much too early, the morn arrives,

    I squirm and shift, no great surprise.

    My brain awakes, states I should rise,

    but really it’s far too early.

    This Wednesday, every muscle aches,

    too many cookies, too few cakes,

    a good thing as the new dawn breaks

    and the joy of breakfast calls me.

    Wednesdays, Pickleball at nine ―

    most days that is perfectly fine,

    though of late I’m inclined to whine,

    make note that it’s far too early.

    In hindsight, this poem’s a sham ―

    my comfort shows just who I am,

    self absorbed, a whimsical ham,

    aging softly as the world whirls.

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