Ovi Poetry 98: SURVIVE is your inspiration.

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How is the word SURVIVE a positive word of inspiration? It means you were not defeated… for one. We all go through a lot of challenges, some of us a whole lot each day, but we keep going and survive. We can do it with a smile on our faces and in our hearts, or just get through. The goal is to survive to enjoy parts of another day. These days some people allow certain things to color their entire day in darkness. That’s a choice. We can all find something to enjoy, even for a few moments. I have days, weeks, months where I feel like there is nothing good going on in my life, and if I really wanted to, I could almost… almost, justify that, but then I realize there are times I smile, live, and do enjoy. I unfortunately allow certain things to interfere with my goals and that can hurt my health. I keep trying to work through it, but it’s difficult. But I’ll keep trying, because giving in is not an option I’ll allow myself.

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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  4. A note on the recent Canadian Federal Election. Canada had 5 major parties…The NDP is traditionally the # 3 or # 4. Last election, it garnered almost 18% of the vote. This time, many of those voters went to the winning Liberal Party, a party that has been in power for three previous elections and who required support from the NDP to stay in power these past three-four years. The NDP this go0around got about 6% of the vote and lost what is called official party status. It will, as it has done for decades, rebuild.

    A Poem For The New Democratic Party Of Canada

    On a blue electoral note,

    a pale sapphire to sugarcoat

    the end of our federal vote,

    the N. D. P. hopes to survive.

    With unfettered insouciance

    we accept the elector’s stance,

    the greater threat, the tyrants trance –

    his delusions require depth.

    One problem is first past the post,

    a narrow track that’s uppermost

    in many hearts from coast to coast –

    a Fair Vote Canadian thing.

    I’m not teary o’er spilt milk,

    for the martinet seeks to bilk

    the whole earth to enrich his ilk –

    and we are surely a flashpoint.

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  10. Thank you for this prompt Ronovan. I agree with you and we have to keep trying.

    So many live from day to day

    And that is their way

    They do not see a single ray

    To give them any hope.

    To survive each day

    On this life’s highway

    Indeed difficult to portray

    About a world so different

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