# Roses are red **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679 "2007-10-05T20:03:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/1 "2007-10-05T20:03:40Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue Go ahead, finish 'er up. šŸ™‚ ---
### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/2 "2007-10-05T20:13:55Z")
Your skin wonā€™t stay on So I bought you some glue ---
### Author: ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/3 "2007-10-05T20:17:51Z")
No, wait, theyā€™re not; I was wrong. \*Red \*roses are red Violets are _violet_ Stick that in your pipe And then you can file it ---
### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/4 "2007-10-05T20:23:40Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue Some poems donā€™t follow standard meter conventions And donā€™t rhyme ---
### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/5 "2007-10-05T20:29:12Z")
Roses glow redly Violets are blue, so they say All flowers will die ---
### Author: ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/6 "2007-10-05T20:43:19Z")
Roses are red, Violets are blue. Itā€™s worth all those payments Not to see you. ---
### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/7 "2007-10-05T20:44:52Z")
They say that the roses are red And get a nice lass in my bed If my secretary knew How my ā€œvioletā€ to blew Then we both might be getting ahead ---
### Author: ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/8 "2007-10-05T20:49:57Z")
Roses are red violets are blue Iā€™m a schizophrenic and so am I. ---
### Author: ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/9 "2007-10-05T20:52:54Z")
As learned from a friend: Roses are red Violets are blue I like spaghetti Letā€™s f\*\*k šŸ˜•šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/10 "2007-10-05T20:53:07Z")
My personal favorite, from the late, great Roger Miller: _They say roses are red And violets are purple Sugar is sweet And soā€™s maple syruple_ ---
### Author: ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/11 "2007-10-05T20:54:07Z")
Roses are red, Peaches are canned Violence was rated ā€œRā€ and thus banned. ---
### Author: ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/12 "2007-10-05T20:56:02Z")
Red roses have a big thorn, And blue violets leave me forlorn. The girls I devour, Iā€™d rather less bower: I prefer it when they are well shorn. ---
### Author: ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/13 "2007-10-05T21:07:52Z")
Seen while stringing network wire above my cube: Rose are red Pickles are green I like your legs And whatā€™s in between. ---
### Author: ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/14 "2007-10-05T21:09:00Z")
Higgledy Piggledy romantic poetry roses are red and the violets blue If your galā€™s impressed by chromobotanicals chances are good that she already knew ---
### Author: ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/15 "2007-10-05T21:10:33Z")
Roses are red? And violets blue? That poet was color blind And so are you ---
### Author: ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/16 "2007-10-05T21:15:13Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue I want to put My penis in you. ---
### Author: ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/17 "2007-10-05T21:20:01Z")
My dick would go limp If your face would go blue Roses are red Pumpkins are orange Sex with the sheep Isnā€™t _that_ strange Roses are red Bruises are blue donā€™t make me say shut up one more time to you! ---
### Author: ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/18 "2007-10-05T21:27:26Z")
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Thereā€™s something in the toilet, It looks like you. ---
### Author: ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/19 "2007-10-05T21:42:33Z")
Roses are blue, and violets are red; Iā€™m not seeing so well since that bump to my head. ---
### Author: ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm) #### Post date: [October 5, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/20 "2007-10-05T22:16:18Z")
Oh, any woman you pick up using my poetry, you have to introduce me to her sister. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679.md?page=2)