Boxing Day
Only 364 days to go!
I’m so excited!
I can’t sleep!
Only 364 days to go!
I’m so excited!
I’m counting Santa’s sheep
To help me get to sleep.
Then I remember
Santa doesn’t have any sheep!
Only 364 days to go!
I’m so excited
Because I’m going to buy
Santa some sheep!
Then I remember
The sheep shop shopkeeper
Is on holiday
For the holidays!
Only 364 days to go!
I wonder if the goat shop is open!
Santa might like a goat
Instead of a sheep!
Only 364 days to go!
Maybe reindeer and goats
Don’t get on.
Would reindeer and sheep
Get on any better
Than sheep and -
Only 363 days to go!
I fell asleep.
I’m so excited!
I can’t sleep!
Only 364 days to go!
I’m so excited!
I’m counting Santa’s sheep
To help me get to sleep.
Then I remember
Santa doesn’t have any sheep!
Only 364 days to go!
I’m so excited
Because I’m going to buy
Santa some sheep!
Then I remember
The sheep shop shopkeeper
Is on holiday
For the holidays!
Only 364 days to go!
I wonder if the goat shop is open!
Santa might like a goat
Instead of a sheep!
Only 364 days to go!
Maybe reindeer and goats
Don’t get on.
Would reindeer and sheep
Get on any better
Than sheep and -
Only 363 days to go!
I fell asleep.
This poem is copyright (©) Rob Walton 2023

About the Writer
Rob Walton
Scunthorpe-born Rob Walton is a writer, performer and part-time primary school teacher who now lives with his family in Whitley Bay. He writes poetry and short fiction for children and adults. His poetry for children has been published by Bennison Books, Bloomsbury, The Dirigible Balloon, Dreich, The Emma Press, Frances Lincoln, Macmillan, Tyger Tyger and others.