Poetry There are a number of poets among the Ovi team, so we have gathered the together here.


	Talk All Tranforming by Saloni Kaul Those obstacles that our paths do harrass, At each turn rise of newest plot contrive, Bring in line, override tactics crude crass And from the whole only pleasure derive.
	How To Resolve a Self Contradiction by George Cassidy Payne I pray to God but don't believe Does God believe in me
	Dormant Emotion by David Barger The smallest infringement is a ruse Where I am entertained in laughter, And tied by the bonds of sorrow, But where is my enlightenment That kindles each parting gift released? Where then is my muse?

	Apathy by Bohdan Yuri While waiting for the sun after a midnight rain my dampened dream conspired to put forward a stream of colorless schemes immersed in the running time of lost persuasions.
	Inevitability by Amir Khatib It is inevitable, after sixty years, And my eyes are on the ground, Search the forest, Among the bushes behind the humps
	Desert Valley by Nikos Laios An orange sky Stretched behind Purple mountains Over a desert valley.
	Where the River Bends by George Cassidy Payne Our memories were Once possibilities of God's timeless perfection
	To a Friend Who Died in the Swamp by Shola Balogun Rivers meet in my eyes for you. Transfixed on the veiled Mound of the swamp, Lone Beholder of unsteady opera On rotten marble, You saw the reeds dancing To unknown winding plight, Smothering storms broken At your feet.
	Creed by David Sparenberg There is no blood on my hands; no blood-lust in my heart.
	Thoughts All Forthright by Saloni Kaul How many times do we seek so at the highest Their thoughts opinions on matters of our concern As though age or position makes them much the wisest, Able to take stands, magically matters discern.
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