Friday, January 26, 2024

Black And White At Night, Comic Poems and Rhymes for Road Safety 375


White hat and scarf for night. Photo by Angela Lansbury.


Catchy and memorable safety messages abound. My favourites are>

1 Wear white at night. (UK road safety.)

2 When thunder roars, stay indoors. (Swimming pool sign in singapore.)

3 He was right, dead right as he sped along but he's just as dead as if he were wrong. (Victorian gravestone. Is - were is subjunctive.)

The Scottish lorry driver's song is in this 

Useful Website

https://www.headington.org.uk/adverts/pifs/roads/index.htm


Poem 376

Wear white at night

Seen in headlights


And reflectors

Even better


Alive, not dead

Just think ahead


Dead cats and dogs

On roads well known

Stay safe, night white 

Go safely home


White's safe and seen

Black's for burglars

White's for walkers

Black's for murders


White's for children

Fathers, mothers

Adults teachers

And all others.


White's much safer

For dotor and nurse

Wear white walking

Not in a hearse


White is light, right

Wear white at night

White looks so clean

White's safely seen.


Why wear black shoes?

They don't show mud

Black coats and hats

They won't show blood


White hat, scarf, matching gloves

Safer for all your loves

If you don't want them back

Send them out wearing black..

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Please share links to your favourite poems.

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