Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for April 07, 2013

Burma Shave ?

Leave out the “or ball” sign and it would nearly scan. Also drop “and” from the third sign and it would scan perfectly.

Angels who guard you When you driveAll retireAt 65

Farm Bureau has been using these signs, too.

Passing CarsWhen you can seeMay give you a glimpseOf Eternity

This one is from the area where I grew up in Northern Arizona:“Elk are largeIn herds they runAcross the HighwayDon’t hit one!!”

oh, he’s just trying to protect his grASS in case the kids get hurt on his turf

If Mr. Barnaby was thinking of becoming a professional poet, I would suggest he keep his day job.

Burma Shave!

Oh he’s good.

For some reason the Styx song Too much time on my hands comes to mind.

My first thought was Burma Shave too! They were fun to read with my mother as dad drove on a cross-country trip in ’46.

We’ve made Grandpa look so youthful, his pension board thinks he’s untruthful – Burma Shave

Though I dugthe Burma-Shave ref.,The poem’s bad pacingLeft me deaf.

Slow down, PaSakes alive.Ma missed signsFour and five.

FREE, FREE,A trip to Marsfor 900 Empty jars.