Ovi Poetry Challenge 55: JOY 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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12 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 55: JOY is your inspiration.”

  3. My Wednesday Joy Poem

    Pleasure is not beyond my ken,

    moments of bliss I have a yen

    to jot down with my trusty pen,

    metaphorically speaking.  

    Yet I am quite preoccupied

    with the anguish of the earth’s slide,

    wars of course and Beryl’s harsh ride,

    raging her way to Jamaica.

    The Right Now seems to catch my eye,

    that vicious storm, the swirling sky,

    Joe Biden’s health, no longer spry,

    and where the bickering will lead.

    Whether dogma or weather’s squall,

    a shaking earth, the pending pall,

    I have Wednesday’s Pickleball

    to see me through my shallowness.

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  4. Ah, see, even in the current state of the world, this is a much easier word to work with than last week’s. Expect a contribution later.

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