Ovi Poetry Challenge 71: RESPECT 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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16 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 71: RESPECT is your inspiration.”

  10. Respect: A Poetic Perspective

    Now,  Autumn, twenty-twenty four,

    a world plagued by hate and war,

    tempests that sting survival’s core –

    Are we the city of the moon?

    What walls of time withstand assault –

    so many fronts, no sense of halt,

    no reprieve, a Jericho fault:

    the fury, natures, surely ours.

    We await direction, guidance,

    saviours who will not look askance,

    who will stem extinction’s advance,

    laudable leaders to admire.

    Perhaps we know where outcomes rest,

    and  yet we cower, fail the test,

    heroics of the human breast  –

    we each must determine our fate.

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  11. Thank you for the prompt Ronovan 🙂

    Some people come into our lives

    Their impact on us survives

    The good in our life thrives

    We are forever blessed.

    People worthy of respect

    Their actions make us reflect

    And show us what is correct

    They inspire us always.

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