Ovi Poetry Challenge 11: TASTE is your inspiration.

What’s your TASTE? Is good, bad, unsavory? Am I talking about flavors or opinions?

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 10: JUSTICE is your inspiration.

In the United States right now we have some crazy things happening with our political system. Justice, revenge? Both. Politics? Definitely.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 9: RIGHT is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 8: CHOICE is your inspiration.

Do we really have choices?

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 7: Play is your inspiration.

In addition to the obvious use of the word, I’m inclined toward what type of Play Shakespeare would write about the world today. I have the title, but the old Bard would need to make a comeback in order to write it.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 6: GOOD is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 5: EQUAL is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 4: RACE is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORD of the CHALLENGE in your poem, but use it if you like.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 3: INDEPENDENCE is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORDS of the CHALLENGE. They are the inspiration

So it’s a day later than July 4th but still, that’s the inspiration for this one. And boy does INDEPENDENCE have many interpretations.

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge 2: HEART is your inspiration.

First, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORDS of the CHALLENGE. They are the inspiration

 

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge: ROLE MODEL is your inspiration.

FIrst, remember, YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THE WORDS of the CHALLENGE. They are the inspiration

Again, this week, SOCIAL IRONY is my go to. Which makes you think about LOVE at the same time. Yeah, I know. I’m two minds about things. It’s the Gemini in me.

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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Ovi Poetry Challenge: FREEDOM is your inspiration.

Thinking about FREEDOM, my first consideration was the SOCIAL IRONY theme of OVI POETRY. But, there are several other ways to go. LOVE is definitely one, as in the freedom to love or the freedom of being rid of a love gone bad. HEROIC FREEDOM is probably the most obvious. But there is also a freedom of spirit, mind, from stress.

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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Ovi Poetry Practice Challenge: Valley.

The Sijo Prompt Challenge has come to an end for now. It’s difficult to come up with good prompt subjects and rather than try to make it to 100 and give mediocre ideas, we’re moving onto another form of poetry. And I didn’t really do it with it what I wanted to. So here we are, a new poetry form to learn about and try.

OVI POETRY

As is the case with this blog’s prompt poems, 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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FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES Prompt Challenge: “A WHOLE NEW WORLD”

Prompt for Challenge

  • It’s the morning of the first day of a new year. You wake up to discover that overnight the most prevalent New Year’s wish has been granted. “I wish for a brand new world where all of the things that have been happening change.” Describe what you see. REQUIRED

  • Word Count is 400 words or less. REQUIRED

  • Copy and paste your URL in the comments of the challenge post, or do a pingback to this post. Click HERE to see how to do a pingback.

For proofreading of your work, you might check out Grammarly.com. They have a free option that you can use in your browser as well as an add-on that works right here in the WordPress Post Editor. It also works in the comments of sites. An additional feature is you can turn Grammarly off and on for each site you visit.

Useful links:
Grammarly.com
Click HERE for STRIPPING for FICTION or HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION.
Click HERE for Dialogue Tags, Action Beats, and the Dialogue Comma.
Click HERE for What’s a GL and PSS got to do with writing.

 


Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Challenge

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FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES Prompt Challenge NEW YEAR’S Special.

Prompt for Challenge

  • ‘You’re at your Nation’s New Year’s Eve Ball with a mischievous friend or relative. The f/r lights a firework and walks away. The firework goes off at your feet. What happens next?’ REQUIRED

  • Word Count is 600 words or less. REQUIRED

  • Copy and paste your URL in the comments of the challenge post, or do a pingback to this post. Click HERE to see how to do a pingback.

For proofreading of your work, you might check out Grammarly.com. They have a free option that you can use in your browser as well as an add-on that works right here in the WordPress Post Editor. It also works in the comments of sites. An additional feature is you can turn Grammarly off and on for each site you visit.

Useful links:
Grammarly.com
Click HERE for STRIPPING for FICTION or HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION.
Click HERE for Dialogue Tags, Action Beats, and the Dialogue Comma.
Click HERE for What’s a GL and PSS got to do with writing.

 


Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Challenge

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Merry Christmas and Hoppy New Year!

The big man, with his back to the fire. scanned the room waving the horseshoe in every direction.

He nodded, satisfied.

Best 20 Galleons I ever spent.

“D1 looks safe enough this year.”

“Big Belly, keep your guard up. Remember the boy has Weasley blood.”

“Don’t worry, I got this.”

He placed the gifts under the tree.

A new quill and journal for Lily, a very good girl.

James. Santa hesitated…not exactly good but a broom cleaning kit, nonetheless.

Al, so disrespectful. Coal or Gonçalo Flores’ latest memoir? Volume 16? Good Grief.

Ah, the Weasley sweaters. Will Molly ever learn what colors clash with ginger hair?

Bag empty. Good. “Big Belly to D1, on the way.”

“Copy.”

But before Santa could place his finger aside his nose, he saw them. Ginny Potter’s famous cookies with a large glass of milk. So tasty last year.

 

Only eat after leaving presents!

 

Only James Sirius Potter. With a big sigh and a shake of his head, he gobbled the cookies down followed by the glass of milk.

“Ahh, delicious. Ginny always delivers.”

“Big Belly, did you eat something?”

“Maybe.”

“This is the Potter house.”

“I’ve eaten here before?”

“For Sunday roast with the missus. You know not to trust anything tonight.”

“D1, you are overreac—BURRRPPP!”

“Oh no. B. B. do you copy?”

Silence.

“Santa, can you hear me?”

“Riiibbiiittttt.”

Dasher snorted. Steam rose into the London air.

“Polar Bear, this is D1, we have a Code Green.”

“D1, this is Polar Bear. Usual location?”

“Yeah. Milk and cookies. He never learns.”

“EES inbound in 3, 2, 1.”

With a loud pop, three elves appeared in front of Dasher. “We’ll have him up in a jiffy, boys.” The leader said. “And he was boasting of a spell detector he bought off a Goblin that would save him this year.”

“Hey, Ernie?”

“Sup Big D?”

“Take a pic and post it. It’ll trend until New Year’s.”

“Got it, Big D.”

Seconds later a ding sounded. Dasher and the others activated their Moogle Lenses to see a picture of a hot pink frog with rosy cheeks and a long white beard wearing Santa’s hat.

In the background, a sign had been hung.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

HOPPY NEW YEAR!

The Potters

 

“You think he’ll take back that broom cleaning kit?” Prancer asked.

Dancer shook his head. “Nope. James got him. Once it’s under the tree, Santa can’t take it back. It’d be stealing.”

“And we still haven’t gone to any of the actual Weasley houses yet.”

“True.” Dasher stared out over the quiet night, the North Star shining and a gentle fall of snowflakes dusting the air.

Peaceful.

It might be okay.

Right?

“Uh, hey, can any of you move?” Comet asked.

Dasher tugged each hoof. Nothing. With all his strength he pulled his right front hoof. It rose with long strings of a black rubber-like substance connecting the hoof to the roof.

“Earnie!”

“Sup?”

“Steal the cleaning kit!”

“Got it, Big D.”


My offering for the Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes Prompt Challenge Holiday Special.

‘Santa arrives at the home of Harry Potter where the Potter children have left cookies and milk for Santa to eat. He does. What happens next?’

Word Count is 500 words or less.

FRIDAY FICTION with RONOVAN WRITES Prompt Challenge Holiday Special.

Prompt for Challenge

  • ‘Santa arrives at the home of Harry Potter where the Potter children have left cookies and milk for Santa to eat. He does. What happens next?’ REQUIRED (Don’t worry if you don’t know much or anything about Potter. It’s a world of magic.)

  • Word Count is 500 words or less. REQUIRED

  • Copy and paste your URL in the comments of the challenge post, or do a pingback to this post. Click HERE to see how to do a pingback.

For proofreading of your work, you might check out Grammarly.com. They have a free option that you can use in your browser as well as an add-on that works right here in the WordPress Post Editor. It also works in the comments of sites. An additional feature is you can turn Grammarly off and on for each site you visit.

Useful links:
Grammarly.com
Click HERE for STRIPPING for FICTION or HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION.
Click HERE for Dialogue Tags, Action Beats, and the Dialogue Comma.
Click HERE for What’s a GL and PSS got to do with writing.

 


 

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The Horn Sounds: A Haiku Poem.

Their cloak of trust and

        Greedy guile gained victory

            and his vengeful chase.

A Haiku for my challenge this week: Cloak&Race.

 

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Battle In The Mist: A Haiku Poem.

 

She is a gypsy,

Breathing in the misty air,

He prepares for war.

 

 

A Haiku for my challenge this week: Conflict&Gypsy.

 

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Slight Transgression: A Haiku Poem.

A Haiku for my challenge this week: Might&Slight.

Slight Transgression

Their touch was a slight

Transgression in loves battle

Gives might to the foe.

Slight Transgression Haiku Image

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