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Poetry Friday: Too Many Sleeps

December 18, 2015 by Sally

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)

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This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is being hosted by Diane at Random Noodling. Enjoy all the poetry goodness, and Merry Christmas to you.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: christmas, poem, poetry friday, poetry tag

Comments

  1. Robyn Hood Black says

    December 20, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    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)

  2. Anne Bell says

    December 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Here’s a Christmas hug to help the snailish days along.0OOOXX

    • Sally says

      December 20, 2015 at 6:02 pm

      And a big hug back to you, Jingle Bell!

  3. Linda Baie says

    December 20, 2015 at 12:01 am

    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!

    • Sally says

      December 20, 2015 at 10:42 am

      Thanks Linda. And Happy Christmas to you, too.

  4. Violet N. says

    December 19, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    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…

    • Sally says

      December 20, 2015 at 10:41 am

      Thanks Violet. I’ll try not to snaffle all the Christmas goodies before you wake up 🙂

  5. Carol says

    December 19, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    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!

    • Sally says

      December 20, 2015 at 10:41 am

      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.

  6. Mary Lee Hahn says

    December 19, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    I’m the opposite of your poem, digging my heels in and pulling back to slow down time!

    • Sally says

      December 20, 2015 at 10:39 am

      Funny, Mary, Maybe next year I’ll write that one 🙂

  7. cb hanek says

    December 18, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    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!

    • Sally says

      December 19, 2015 at 9:55 am

      Thank you. I am fascinated by sleighs and skates and sleds, since I’ve never been anywhere where it snows. One day!

  8. Carol Varsalona says

    December 18, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    This is a great poem to read aloud to children, Sally. The language flows off the tongue.

    • Sally says

      December 18, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      Thanks Carol 🙂

  9. Diane Mayr says

    December 18, 2015 at 10:37 am

    Lots of fun language, Sally! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!

    • Sally says

      December 18, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      Thanks Diane. And Merry Christmas to you 🙂

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