40 word poems

Coffee OVI

Coffee 40 words

I drink coffee in the morning,
Hot coffee makes a good morning,
Too much coffee though gives a warning,
Migraine headache soon to come.


40 words

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The elements of the Ovi are:
stanzaic, written in any number of 4-line stanzas.
syllabic, 8-8-8-(less than 8 ) syllables
rhymed, with L1, L2, L3 mono-rhymed L4 unrhymed. aaax, x being unrhymed

8 a
8 a
8 a
6 x

Tukaram, a 17th Century Marathi Poet wrote:
Because I could not lie
I named my dog “God”.
Startled at first,
Soon he was smiling
Then dancing!
Now he won’t even bite.
Do you suppose this might work
On people, too?
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.
My Example
Form: Ovi

Trucker’s Life
Poppa longed for the open road
not just because the bank was owed;
always contented when he rode,
he had land to see.
There is no state that he’d not seen!
East-coast to west, and in between,
there’s nothing like that rolling scene
to make one ‘preciate.
The Pennsylvania rolling hills,
the Gary Indiana mills,
the Alcan Highway winter thrills
all were a joy to see.
He loved Montana’s open sky
and Kansas when the corn was high
the Rockies when the roads are dry,
and then he met my mom.
He needs time with his wife and son
so now his gallivanting’s done
but our vacations sure are fun,
he knows just where to go!