Ovi Poetry Challenge 63: HELP 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 63: HELP is your inspiration.”

  1. An Ovi-Ode to My Morning Coffee

    As we age, as time hoists her flag,

    as it flutters, there’s a wee snag –

    ones tendency to lollygag,

    to put up one’s feet and repose.

    Some elders, to be sure, engage

    in extension, their silver age,

    seeking always to turn the page,

    read what has yet to be written.

    And there are others who succumb

    to a graceful continuum,

    eschewing a loaf for a crumb,

    a modest life of acceptance.

    As for me, betwixt and between,

    I seek succour, a coffee bean

    or three, ground, perked, oh sweet caffeine

    to see me through my miseries.

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  13. Thank you for the prompt Ronovan 🙂

    To ask for help is not wrong
    When helplessness comes along
    Though we try to prolong
    The need to ask assistance.

    We are often dependent
    And may find that repellent
    That is not an impairment
    For no person is an island.

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