The OVI Poem Contest

Best New Contest and Genre Award (Arts)

Poets from all walks of life, try this contest! Ovi Poems are simple, beautiful, and easy to create.

 

Ovi (ovee): an ancient Indian form of narrative poetry consisting of four-line stanzas with the first three lines rhyming and having eight syllables each. The fourth line does not rhyme and contains less than eight syllables.

 

Example:

Working in silence

Work in silence being a scribe
Means isolation avoiding the hype
Social media, and the vibe
- Just me and the screen

Words, sentences, and storylines
Poetry with or without rhymes
Hours of passion, in the mines
Of the lonely writer

By WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24 , August 9, 2022


Rules:
1. No prompt. Minimum: 8 lines. No Max.
2. Create a meaningful Ovi
3. Enter the forum with {entry:XXX} or {bitem:XXX}, XXX being ID number.
4. Must be newly written.
5. Judge will be WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24
6. Deadline: June 30, 2023.

First prize: 50K Awardicon
Second prize: 25K Awardicon
Third Prize: WakeUp MB
Honorable Mention: 1000 GPs at judge's discretion


Donations are welcome



Entries:
1."Invalid Item"  by Dave Ryan
2."Each Step We Take"  by Solace.Bring
3."Ovi Positor"  [E] by Beholden
4."June 18, 2023"  by ridinghhood-p.boutilier
5."Duality"  [ASR] by NaNoKit
6."The Storm"  by Lilli 🧿 ☕
7."Summer's Reply"  by Dave's trying to catch up
8."To Lesly"  [E] by Weirdone-Back in the games
9."Rain"  [E] by Nani - Blessed Indeed
10."Life and Death of a Poem"  [E] by ദƖυҽყҽʐ 🤍
11."Dreams - a poem"  [13+] by D. Reed Whittaker
12."While you were snoring"  [E] by Kåre เลียม Enga
13."Startled Awake"  [13+] by 👼intuey

Donations:
Dave Ryan
Dave's trying to catch up
Solace.Bring
ridinghhood-p.boutilier
NaNoKit


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