This is the second week of Ronovanwrite’s Weekly Ovi Challenge.
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.
I am not owned , I bow to none
Work for no one under the sun
Not a slave, I own my freedom
Like a breeze , floating around.
Some toil hard yet never wear chains
Tied down yet free in their brains
Flowing like rainwater down drains
The answer is within them
Freedom comes from deep within
Fly high like a soul without sin
Joy’s what this state of mind will bring.
Look into the eyes of your God
It can’t be bought it can’t be earned
You must respect it or get burned
It grows within and can’t be learned.
Chains don’t make you a prisoner.
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