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.