Ovi Poetry Challenge 65: EXPECTATIONS 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 65: EXPECTATIONS is your inspiration.”

  4. The Class of ’64- Reunion Lunch 2024

    We gather at a pizza joint,

    time stretched out and, I guess my point

    would be to take a crack, anoint

    the tender passage of those years.

    I see old days through rose-tint lens,

    a smattering of foes and friends,

    phantasmagorias that cleanse,

    that offer shape and well-being.

    For some the road’s a distant star –

    for others, sunset, living noir,

    and yes for some a half-filled jar-

    the sum of how most lives are lived.

    Still, I embrace the mysteries,

    the manifest bonds, small degrees

    of separation, timeless ease

    of fellowship, sweet moments passed.

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  5. Thank you Ronovan for this prompt. I enjoy myself.

    To expect more from people

    May land us into trouble

    Expectations are a hurdle

    Making us disenchanted.

    But life without expectations

    Is living within restrictions

    For there are many occasions

    When our desires are fulfilled.

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