The poisson regression model assumes a Poisson distribution for $Y$ and uses the $\log$ link function. So, for a single explanatory variable $x$, it is assumed that $Y \sim P(\mu)$ (so that $E(Y) = V(Y) = \mu$) and that $\log(\mu) = \beta_0 + \beta_1 x$. Generating data according to that model easily follows. Here is an example which you can adapt according to your own scenario.
> #sample size
> n <- 10
> #regression coefficientcoefficients
> beta0 <- 1
> beta1 <- 0.2
> #generate covariate values
> x <- runif(n=n, min=0, max=1.5)
> #compute mumu's
> mu <- exp(beta0 + beta1 * x)
> #generate Y-values
> y <- rpois(n=n, lambda=mu)
> #data set
> data <- data.frame(y=y, x=x)
> data
y x
1 4 1.2575652
2 3 0.9213477
3 3 0.8093336
4 4 0.6234518
5 4 0.8801471
6 8 1.2961688
7 2 0.1676094
8 2 1.1278965
9 1 1.1642033
10 4 0.2830910