Motherhood: May Poetry

Poetry time. You know I always struggle with these monthly poetry posts, but I keep trying. Fail or succeed, I'm pushing myself and I'm having fun. If I can amuse you along the way, then all the better.

As always, we've chosen a theme for this month, and I bet it doesn't surprise you that for May we've chosen Motherhood. Ah, that life changing moment when you fall in love, forever adjust your focus, no longer matter . . .

So in honor of motherhood, from a mother's point of view, I'm sharing some limericks. Why limericks? Well, I was probably inspired by the fact that the first line of this first one is actually true.

Motherhood

I got engaged on Nantucket.
Tried, but he didn't let me duck it.
Kids turned life into a zoo,
what's a mama to do?
Just cross my fingers and luck it.

There once was a girl from hippiedom
who so dreamed of becoming a mom.
But when she got there,
she said with despair,
"who the hell set off this f***ing bomb".

There once was a woman so fine,
The boys they would all stand in line,
And then came the kids,
looks like she hit the skids.
Now just hair brushing would be divine.

There once was a young naive mother,
Whose children were sweet like no other,
Teens they became
it changed the whole game,
the food bill alone made her shudder.

Rustic Lemon Cheesecake Bars

There once was a mama in love,
her kids she just thought the world of.
Then reality set in,
the mess and the din,
"gonna need lots of help from above."

And finally, all kidding aside:

There was a mom with kids grown,
The nest she'd created, they'd flown,
She watched them with pride,
sometimes teary-eyed.
Missed them more than she'd ever have known.

That's it for this month. Hope you'll stop by as I give this poetry thing a shot again next month.

Before you go, click on these links to more poetry by some of my friends: 

Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares Mother's Wish.


Dawn of Spatulas on Parade shares Motherhood Yo Yo.

 Sarah of Not That Sarah Michelle shares Mother's Day Poem: I Love You Mom. 

Kristina Hammer of The Angrivated Mom shares Beginning Motherhood.

Rustic Lemon Cheesecake Bars

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Printable Recipe
 
Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp lemon extract
2 cups flour
1 TBSP lemonade drink crystals (don't hydrate, use the crystals)

2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 TBSP lemonade drink crystals (don't hydrate, use the crystals)
1 tsp lemon extract
2 TBSP lemon juice

Directions:
*Beat butter. Mix in powdered sugar until just incorporated, add 1 tsp lemon extract and beat until smooth. Mix in the flour and 1 TBSP lemonade crystals. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
*Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9 X 13 glass baking dish.
*Spread 2/3 of the dough over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven.
*Beat cream cheese and brown sugar. Beat in eggs, egg yolk, 1 tsp lemon extract, lemon juice and 1 TBSP lemonade crystals. 
*Carefully evenly distribute over the bottom cookie layer. 
*With your hands, break off little chunks of the remaining cookie dough and drop on top of the cheesecake layer.
*Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, just until the center has set. 
*Cool completely. Store in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature to serve.