Click-clack

I wanted to find some interesting styles of poetry for 2022. Metered poetry has always been a challenge for me. I discovered I subconsciously avoided the challenge of dabbling in this particular writing pattern. This year I decided to spread my wings and fly into the face of the storm. I stumbled across the Aquarian by accident and thought it might be interesting to play with this metered style during the last part of January and the entire month of February. This Aquarian I will call Click-clack.

I am discovering this style of poetry is harder than it first appeared. You only have to come up with fourteen syllables for each stanza, but sometimes you want to write more. Plus, I find the constant counting of the syllables distracting. I also have to fight the urge to create rhythms.

About the Aquarian

Maris Mazz created this metered style of poetry.

Each stanza has lines of 2/4/6/2 syllables. They can have any number of stanzas creating multiples of 4 lines. They aren’t supposed to rhythm at all.

This one I call Click-Clack

 Click-clack 

Click-clack
All round the track
My fake knee protests and
Complains

“You know
I am not up
To for all of this over 
Use now.”

“Please can
We take a break
You are killing me with
Abuse.”


“You know
I am a fake
Knee of high quality
Please stop.”

Suck it
Up and keep on
Buttercup we have three
Laps left


I have
Covid weight I
Have to lose right now
Be quiet

Who is Molly Shea?

Molly Shea is an accomplished fictional short story writer from Indiana who writes short stories and novels about a fictional town called Tecumseh.  To read more of her short stories and adventures, click here.

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