Ovi Poetry Challenge 67: BEGINNING 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 67: BEGINNING is your inspiration.”

  1. The End of a Questionable Beginning

    Yes its true, all things have a start,

    a beginning, some with a chart,

    a map, based in science, in art

    and some by the skin of their teeth.

    A poet bears witness to war,

    new, some voice – others note just more

    of the same bloodshed, bombs, and gore,

    a viewpoint one cannot deny.

    One war, or more, far too many

    and though we’d prefer not any

    they beget like a bad penny,

    and their only value is death.

    Have I written this verse before,

    a version, aversion of yore?

    The best one can do is implore –

    Fingers crossed and eyes wide open.

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