I dream of being
a kick-ass mum
Not too laid back
Not too hum-drum
Try as I might
I don’t scold much
Even my dog knows
I’m a soft touch
Quiet mum
That’s me to a T
Sod it! I can’t help
Just being me
© Vivian Zems
It’s Quadrille Monday! De hosts dVerse today. We must include the word “kick” in a Quadrille: poem of exactly 44 words, sans title.
Smell The Coffee 
November 6, 2017 at 9:28 pm
Ha! As the mom of two teens, boy do I feel you. 😉 I love this.
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November 6, 2017 at 11:42 pm
Thank you!
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November 6, 2017 at 9:37 pm
No, don’t be kick-ass! Just be you. Kick-ass is so 2016 🙂
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November 6, 2017 at 11:15 pm
Ha. That was awesome.
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November 6, 2017 at 11:33 pm
🙂
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November 7, 2017 at 10:12 am
Kick-ass is one of my least favourite things 🙂 I’m maybe missing some subtlety in it…
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November 7, 2017 at 6:28 pm
😂😂
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November 6, 2017 at 11:41 pm
Hahaha! So right 🙂
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November 6, 2017 at 10:04 pm
Trying to be anyone else, if just too tiring – and typically does not work.
The trick is finding out who you are and sticking with it.
That’s not to say there doesnt come a time you have to be the hard parent
if too soft is not working.
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November 6, 2017 at 11:40 pm
I’m sticking to ‘me’… 🙂
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November 6, 2017 at 10:15 pm
I’m sure that is why your kids love you Vivian..
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November 6, 2017 at 11:37 pm
Awww Thank you!
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November 6, 2017 at 11:08 pm
That sounds like a nice mum to be.
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November 6, 2017 at 11:34 pm
Thank you Frank!
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November 6, 2017 at 11:10 pm
Just be yourself and if things really get bad with the kids, call in the hubby for a stern lecture ~ Love your share, smiles.
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November 6, 2017 at 11:33 pm
Sound advice! 🙂
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November 6, 2017 at 11:16 pm
“Not too laid back
Not too hum-drum”
Love that. 🙂
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November 6, 2017 at 11:32 pm
Thank you!
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November 6, 2017 at 11:27 pm
An honest mum–the best kind! A delightful rhyme!
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November 6, 2017 at 11:31 pm
Thans, Frank!
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November 7, 2017 at 1:56 am
You’re welcome, Vivian!
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November 7, 2017 at 12:02 am
Lovely 🙂
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November 7, 2017 at 2:10 am
Role playing does restrict individuality!
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November 7, 2017 at 7:43 am
Indeed it does!
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November 7, 2017 at 2:24 am
Even with my rough exterior, and muscular poetry, in our family my wife was the hammer; I was the soft touch; smile.
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November 7, 2017 at 9:41 am
🙂 It’s actually more relaxing, that way.
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November 7, 2017 at 3:15 am
Total delight with such great rhyme and meter. I love the British flavor of this. I bet you are a wonderful Mum.
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November 7, 2017 at 6:56 am
Such a lovely verse – from a kick-ass poet.
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November 7, 2017 at 7:45 am
So sweet of you to say😊
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November 7, 2017 at 8:03 am
I love the attitude in ‘Sod it!’, Viv. I remember saying that regularly. My daughter used to ask me why I wasn’t like the other mums at the school gate, in their mumsy clothes and never late. I was a single, working mum and I didn’t want to be like them – always a Bohemian. I love the lines:
Even my dog knows
I’m a soft touch’.
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November 7, 2017 at 9:39 am
Hi Kim! We’re all different… I only realised when Zeus (dog) would only whine when he was with me… and I’d run around him, flustered. The kids laugh and say….’Mummy, you’re such a softie!)
Keep on being a Bohemian…love that!
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November 7, 2017 at 10:44 am
Well, being the mum of two boys myself, I reciprocate your feelings 🙂 But i don’t think I’m a quiet mum 😉
A good poem!
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November 7, 2017 at 6:25 pm
Thank you! So a noisy mum?😉
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November 8, 2017 at 6:26 am
Well, not noisy but disciplined 😉
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November 8, 2017 at 4:09 pm
Good for you 😊
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November 7, 2017 at 12:52 pm
Oh, smiling and chuckling I am! What a wonderful, light-hearted poem. LOVE IT!
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November 7, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Glad you liked it 😊
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November 7, 2017 at 2:47 pm
I think being me is such a great thing… in the end children will see through all the acts you might play
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November 7, 2017 at 6:21 pm
I agree. They’re the smartest.
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November 7, 2017 at 5:08 pm
A lovely flow to this quadrille Vivian and I so agree, it is always best to stay true to the real you :o) xxx
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November 7, 2017 at 6:17 pm
Thanks for stopping by 😊
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November 7, 2017 at 9:43 pm
Always a pleasure ☺🙋
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November 8, 2017 at 4:17 pm
😊
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