Ovi Poem

Tick Tock Ticking: An Ovi

The Sicilian Storyteller

Ronovan Writes has offered up Ovi Poetry Challenge #52
where we are asked to write an ovi using the word
ā€œtomorrowā€ as inspiration. Here is my ovi.

Songs say time keeps on slipping
Like brooks oā€™er shiny stones tripping
And kids their jumps ropes skipping
It just keeps moving on

Itā€™s safe to say time flies
Like an eagle into the skies
So smoothly, he barely tries
Iā€™d like to touch the clouds

No time to do that now
Worry lines crease the brow
Donā€™t fret about when and how
Nothing good will come from that

No sticking your head in the sand
Itā€™s time to march with the band
And accept a helping hand
It will all get done

Why put it off till tomorrow
When time you cannot borrow
It flies faster than an arrow
Like quicksilver in your fingers

Donā€™t say there is no time
To make another rhyme
Or an old oak tree to climb
You have all the time there is

NARĀ©2024

Ovi Poetry Challenge 52: TOMORROW is your inspiration.

This is ā€œFly Like An Eagleā€ by Steve Miller Band

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26 thoughts on “Tick Tock Ticking: An Ovi”

  4. SMB! I saw a combo Pablo Cruz, Steve Miller Band, Eagles concert in my teens with a bunch of the girls. We rocked the stands when rain the rain came down in sheets during “Jungle Love”!

    No time like the present to make or recall a memory! šŸ¤©

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  10. Your ‘Ovi’ passed the poetry test
    No need to worry about the rest
    The others are facing an inquest
    Into their misspelling of ‘Ovi’, as OVA
    (Occupational Violence and Aggression)

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