Ovi Poetry Challenge 72: DREAM 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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6 thoughts on “Ovi Poetry Challenge 72: DREAM is your inspiration.”

  1. My Dream Last Night

    In the vapour of morning’s light,

    the clouded sun, the coffee rite,

    I gather snapshots from the night –

    dreams, at once, quite clear, yet vague.

    As seen through a stereoscope-

    I grasp metaphorical rope –

    for dreams , as slippery as soap,

    befuddle the wakened  dreamer.

    A vain search – my memory bank-

    draws nothing more than total blank –

    a brigand’s muse who’s  walked the plank –

    kerplunk into the endless sea.

    Yet, somewhere in the land of sleep,

    dreams gather in a pillowed heap,

    so, it is not much of a leap

    to think they might return some night.

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  6. Thank you for the prompt Ronovan.
    What would our life be like?
    With no dreams to ignite
    And bring out what is inside
    It would just be going through life.

    Taking the first step to realize
    Motivates us to arise
    The steps do energize
    Leading us to our dreams.

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