Christmas

“Christmas by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Smiles gifts and laughter fill the air
Families so dear
Gather and share
Love and happy cheer

Mary gave birth to Christ Jesus
Gloriously famed is He
People are happy on His birthday
They meet to celebrate this day

On Christ's birthday
There were gifts of myrrh
Frankincense and gold
Celebrating His birth that was foretold

Christmas day is Christ’s birthday
Once a year
Christ is cheered
For coming into the world

Woes and foes
Are forgotten
And joy and peace
Are release

Lights blink
Twinkle twinkle
Beckoning good wishes
To come in

Snow falling on roof tops
Cookies cooling on stove tops
Smoke whistling from the chimneys
Calling out to Santa on his sleigh

Don't come down tonight
It is frosty as frost bite
If you come down the chimney
You will be toasty as a toast

So on and on Santa goes
Round and round the globe
Delivering good wishes and happy cheers
And thanking God for Christ’s birth”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle

The Leaf

 “The Leaf by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Am sometimes green
Am sometimes yellow
Am sometimes brown
And sometimes black

I shade the Amazon
I cushion the ground
I feed hungry mouths
And feed the soil

Am kind always giving
Never asking anything in return
I retain dew to keep you cool
I excrete oxygen so you may breathe

I give
I only give
I am a giver
A tree with all its branches is naked without me

I clothe the tree to hide its shame
In shades of green
In shades of yellow
And many shades in between

In Spring I bloom
In Summer am scorch
In Winter I freeze
In the Fall I fall to crown the surface of the ground

My aim is to please
I bloom to give you joy
Am scorched so that I may fall
To moisten the soil and make it fertile

To cushion the ground
For another round
Always giving
Never taking

Tree branches unclothe
Naked without their leaves
Bare ground exposed
Without unfallen leaves

Compelling you to leave
Leaves sustain and leaves maintain
Leaves leave you living
Always giving while taking nothing”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle

Sunrise Sunset

“Sunrise Sunset by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Dusk or Dawn
Morning or Evening
Night or Noon
Summer or Winter

The sun is at its best
And never takes a rest
Delivering Fahrenheit and Kilowatt
No matter what

From the beginning of time
Till the end of time
The sun shines
Astoundingly divine

It captivates your mind
Heat like a ball of fire
That neither consumes or depletes
And requires no ignition

From whence does this ball of fire come
Extending in the universe
Shining from the sky
Hotter than volcanic lava

Nested up above
Stronger than gravity
The sun stands
Untouchable...

Unanchored....
Setting not the heavens or the skies ablaze
Ever kindled and never unkindled
Its fiery furnace requires no wood

Its fiery furnace requires no fuel
It cannot be extinguish
It requires not human intervention
Nor interruption

Sunrise or Sunset
The sun never takes a rest
Nighttime or noontime
The sun withstands the test of time

Ever shining
Ever sending its warmth
To a globe that has grown cold
To melt the frigid hearts of an ice cold nation”

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― Maisie Aletha Smikle

Wrath Withheld Grace Extends

Bedtime

“Bedtime by Maisie Aletha Smikle https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10479784

Tick tock tick tock
Says my bunny clock
It's half past nine o’clock
The ship has already dock

It's bedtime
It's time to unwind
And go to bed
My mommy said

So I take my bath
And brush my teeth
With a night cap over my hair
I hop into my night gown

Kneel down
Bow my head
And clasp my hands
To pray

Dear Lord You keep me when am awake
Please keep me while I sleep
Mommy comes in and peek
Picks me up and tucks me in

Dims the light
Kiss me goodnight
Read a story
And sings me a happy lullaby

Mommy reads the story of a sheep
That didn't want to sleep
So the shepherd counted flocks
Till it was way past ten o’clock

And the sheep fell fast asleep
Mommy sings a lullaby
My little one my sweet little one
Your warm bed beckons

Sweet peaceful sleep
And happy lovely dreams
Goodnight sunshine I love you dearly
Sleep tight see you in the morning light”

― Maisie Aletha Smikle

Jolly Marchers

“Jolly Marchers by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Dam Dam Didley Doe
Dee Daw Didley Doe
Dee Dam Doe
Fa So La Ti Doe

Animals in a row
Prancing as they go
Jiggling and Wiggling
Tails and head bobbing

Mice on drums
Elephants on flute
Zebras blare the trumpets
Squirrels blow trombones

Skunks get funky on clarinets
Bees on violins
Hogs on guitar
Parrots and crickets sing Aha Aha

Vultures cheer
Mosquitoes twirl
Wings clapping and flapping
Heads go up and down bobbing

Marching and skanking
Rocking and bobbing
Wiggling and singing
Dee Daw Didley Doe

This is not a circus
There are no clowns
There is not a palace
There are no crowns

On and on they go
Monkeys in tow
Tigers in bow
Onlookers stare and glow

Donkey takes the podium
As conductor of the band
Waving his marching wand
The band comes to a stand

Mule takes a stool
And sits in the cool
They have reached the bend
Where the march ends

The ants were nesting
So they missed the fest
Some got on tambourines
And insist they must join in

The ants jiggle and wiggle
Some play the fiddle
Dancing and singing
Didley Dam Didley Doe”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10477285
― Maisie Aletha Smikle

Halloween

“Halloween by Maisie Aletha Smikle

Halloween Halloween
Fun for the teen and preteen
Fun for the queen
And those in between

Halloween Halloween
Don't be mean
A treat for you
And your friends too

We are not naughty
We are nice
We like candied apples
With lots of spice

Decked in costumes out we go
Two dressed as bushy tail foxes in frocks
One dressed in a hat with beard and locks
Singing reggae to the tune of the blues

Knock knock
Give us treats we don’t like tricks
Give us chocolate and candy
That's so sweet fine and dandy

We’ll take our sweets to the prairie
And trade them with a fairy call Mary
Who is very cheery
And not at all contrary

Fairy Mary return all teeth
Fallen out from eating too much sweets
Polished and bright to chew just right
We’ll eat more fruits noon or night”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10474071
― Maisie Aletha Smikle