It’s Poetry Friday and verrrrrry close to Christmas – but sometimes it seems Christmas will never come. This week I’m sharing a poem that I wrote for the Poetry Tag blog, in response to the two words Rebecca gave me, which were ‘envy’ and ‘run’.
Too Many Sleeps
Run, days, run!
Stop dragging leaden feet
And scurry, hurry, flurry
To Christmas Day.
Hop, days, hop!
From one to next to next
Quicker, slicker, ticker
To Christmas Day.
Skip, days, skip!
With speed Santa would envy
Racing, pacing, chasing
To Christmas Day.
Glide, days, glide
Like runners on a sleigh
Dash, slash, smash
To Christmas Day.
(Poem copyright Sally Murphy 2015)
This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is being hosted by Diane at Random Noodling. Enjoy all the poetry goodness, and Merry Christmas to you.
Lots of fun language, Sally! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!
Thanks Diane. And Merry Christmas to you 🙂
This is a great poem to read aloud to children, Sally. The language flows off the tongue.
Thanks Carol 🙂
Thank you for sharing your very merry poem! I especially love the image of “Glide, days, glide Like runners on a sleigh.” Makes me think not only of Santa’s sleigh, but the runners on ice skates. I love to watch ice skating (I say watch ’cause I can’t do…), and saw a Christmas holiday ice staking show a couple of days ago. Thanks for bringing those images into memory and clarity! Merry Christmas! It’s verrrrry close, in deed! God bless you!
Thank you. I am fascinated by sleighs and skates and sleds, since I’ve never been anywhere where it snows. One day!
I’m the opposite of your poem, digging my heels in and pulling back to slow down time!
Funny, Mary, Maybe next year I’ll write that one 🙂
I’m saving this for next year! As a literacy coach, I have at least five discussions a day about how many days until Christmas!
Thanks Carol. You have my sympathy. As a mum of six, I’ve had many such conversations – though now they are all teens and twenty somethings, they can count them up for themselves.
I love all the action words in your hurry-up poem. Lucky lady, Sally, you’ll get to Christmas almost a full day before we do…
Thanks Violet. I’ll try not to snaffle all the Christmas goodies before you wake up 🙂
Will share with my granddaughters, Sally, who count the days on their Advent calendar, but still ask, and then ask again, How many days till. . . Wonderful! And Happy Christmas to you down under!
Thanks Linda. And Happy Christmas to you, too.
Here’s a Christmas hug to help the snailish days along.0OOOXX
And a big hug back to you, Jingle Bell!
Such a lively, wonderful poem, Sally! Thanks for sharing, and wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a beautiful new year to glide into. :0)