Prescilla

“Prescilla by Maisie Aletha Smikle

My name is Prescilla
I am a gorilla
Cuddly as a pillow
Fluffy and mellow

Am not king kong
Am not queen kong
Am not prince kong
Nor princess kong

That roars bing bong
And plays ping pong
Has sharp fangs
And wears a thong

Am Prescilla
The gorilla
Easy as a feather
Gentle as a flower

Am big as a bear
Kind as a deer
Strong as a lion
Sweet as a lamb

I pat my chest
For no contest
But to breathe at best
While giving thanks to the King

Not king kong
That roars bing bong
Plays ping pong
And wears a thong

But to my Creator
Who created me a gorilla
For His own pleasure
He took good measure

To make an extraordinary creature
Like me…
A gorilla…
Called Prescilla”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10471820

Forest

“Forest  https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10470342

by Maisie Aletha Smikle

In the forest there lived a man
Who was chased from his land
They took his toil
As their spoil

They wine and dine
And drank his fine wine
They took his precious coin
And bank it like a mine

Like pirates they hoard and stash
Heaping loot on top of loot
No one dare to ask
From whence such treasure came

But took taxes, bribes and gifts
Like Christmas comes on shifts
The looters chimed and said
We are not Robin Wood

Who took from the rich
And gave to the poor
So the poor could have more
Instead we are wood robins

That take from the poor
And give to the rich
So the rich can have more
O what a stitch

While the wealthy is richer
Another is that much poorer
Robin Wood is outlawed
And wood robin is in the law

Indeed it is flawed
Robin Wood is wood robin
The spoils only shift
From the poor to the rich”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle

Rose Garden

“Rose Garden by Maisie Aletha Smikle

In the garden roses bloom
Blossom sprout and loom
With prickly stalks they bud
Red white and pink rosebuds

Petals open petals fall
To grace the garden floor
Take a midnight walk
And inhale petals on the stalk

As dawn draws near
Dewdrops form round and clear
Trickling down the petals like a tear
Cascading down the rosebud stalks

Landing at it's root
Watering little sprouts
So tiny buds may rise
From the garden floor

Springing up to bloom
Petals of pink white and red
To cover the garden bed
And their sweet aroma spread

Roses of good cheer
Roses for poses
Roses I bring
To make you sing

To bring you happiness
To bring you love
To bring you joy
And to bring you peace”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10468504

Butterflies

 

“Butterflies   https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10466627
by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Colorfully colored butterflies
Black yellow orange and green
With their beautiful specks
Align the garden decks

Butterfly butterfly…
Lovely flies that ain't got butter
Their beauty makes one stutter
And their heart go pitter patter

And will soon melt like butter
They won’t eat from a platter
And one can only mutter
Butterfly butterfly ....

Radiant as the sunshine
Beautiful as the colors of the rainbow
Harmless as a deer
Adorn for all to see

First it was a caterpillar
Crawling on its tiny legs
It's entire body stretches out on a leaf
In the twinkling of an eye

The caterpillar transforms
And are given wings to fly
And fly it must….
It was not created to crawl

Miraculous indeed
Is the life of a butterfly
Displayed for all to see
Hope in the life of a radiant butterfly”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle

The Word Yesterday is the Word Today

 

Cheese by
Maisie Aletha Smikle and
Abigail LaTonya Waugh     https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10465351

Cheese Cheese Cheese
I must get some cheese
A rat I must appease
And put Micky mouse at ease

I need cheese for the steak
To shred and bake
To make bread and cake
While I'm awake

Warm cheese is so gooey
Heat it longer it melts to oil
Floating when it’s boiled
Water and oil they just won’t jive

When they’re together
They are still apart
Oil refuses to be absorbed or victimized
Frozen cheese is frozen oil hard as ice

Grill cheese on toasts
Stuff cheese in a roast
Cubed cheese on fried rice
Tasty and filled with spice

While I play ball
All I could think of was cheese ball
O how I would love to munch
On a very big bunch

Pizza and cheese went to the circus fair
It was indeed a festive affair
In the cool breeze
Pizza got married to cheese

Clown brought the tux and gown
On his way into town
Pizza and cheese profess their love for each other
And swore they'll forever be together

Cheese promised pizza never to leave
So to cheese, pizza cleave
Pizza stuck to cheese like glue
And vowed to bond after saying I do”

 

Mastering Letters and Numbers  https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10463934
by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Get ready
You are ready
I am ready
We are ready

We must earn
So let's learn
To count to ten
And use a pen

1, 2 oh no you got boo boo
3, 4 we can do more
5, 6 it's half past six
7, 8 we shan’t be late
9, 10 let's count again

To write a note
Or give a quote
You’ll need your numbers
And letters too

To succeed
Books we’ll read
Do good deed
And never speed

ABCDEFG... O my g...
HIJKLMNOP... I ran to pee
QRSTUV... We sip some tea
WXY and Z ...Let’s go and zzzz

I’ll come calling in the morning
And we'll practice till in the evening
For we shan’t give up on learning or achieving
Nor our goal to succeed in

Counting from one to ten
And writing letters with a pen
To learn we must from dawn to dusk
For education is a must”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle