# Roses are red **URL:** \ **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:** 2
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/21 "2007-10-05T22:34:45Z")
Roses are red, Tree leaves are green. You think this poem stinks But I think it’s keen. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/22 "2007-10-05T22:37:56Z")
Roses are orange violets are pink my color TV is on the blink ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/23 "2007-10-05T23:23:19Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue My heart does somersaults Like a freakin’ kangaroo ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/24 "2007-10-05T23:40:38Z")
From _GAMES_ Magazine several years ago: _Roses are red Violets are blue Marigolds are yellow So what else is new?_ … and I forget the second stanza. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/25 "2007-10-05T23:57:05Z")
The Roses were red, The Violets were blue. If I’d kept a level head, I might have been blown too. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/26 "2007-10-06T00:26:39Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue And so are the bruises All over you. Roses are red Violets are blue Copy this poem And I’m gonna sue ! Roses are red Violets are blue We are the Borg And now so are you ! ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/27 "2007-10-06T00:29:02Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so aren’t you. The roses are wilted The violets are dead The sugar is lumpy And so is your head ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/28 "2007-10-06T01:01:41Z")
Ah, a poem from my youth! Roses are red, Violets are blue-ish. If it weren’t for Jesus, We’d all be Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/29 "2007-10-06T01:07:45Z")
Can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet: [QUOTE=some t-shirt] roses are #FF0000 violets are #0000FF all my base are belong to you [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/30 "2007-10-06T01:24:03Z")
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I’d like to smear honey All over you. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/31 "2007-10-06T01:41:01Z")
Roses are Blue Violets are Red She gives great finger And I like to head. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/32 "2007-10-06T01:41:02Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue I think your chihuahua Is under my shoe. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/33 "2007-10-06T01:47:48Z")
Roses are red, Violets are purple, My love for you is …oh fuck. Roses have thorns, Violets are boring, Why do I get the wet spot While you lie there snoring? _Que poetic, no?_ ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/34 "2007-10-06T01:59:16Z")
Roses are red Violets are blue You are a bread I am love you [You’re fat.](http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/comics/poem.shtml) And one from That 70’s Show: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Fudge is sweet, Here’s some fudge. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/35 "2007-10-06T02:25:54Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Ah, a poem from my youth! Roses are red, Violets are blue-ish. If it weren’t for Jesus, We’d all be Jewish. [/QUOTE] OR… Roses are red, Violets are bluish, A leprechaun told me St. Patrick was Jewish! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/36 "2007-10-06T02:32:28Z")
Roses are red Violets are flowers I got nuthin’ tho I thought for hours sort of related: From Paint Your Wagon (sort of) A way out west They have a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Rain The wind is Wind And they call the fire Fire! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/37 "2007-10-06T02:44:46Z")
_channeling **lobstermobster** _ Roses are red Violets are blue This thread sucks and you do too :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/38 "2007-10-06T03:00:18Z")
Violets are Blue Roses are Pink These boards have everything But the Kitchen Sink (like I said earlier - I got nuthin’) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/39 "2007-10-06T03:24:14Z")
Roses are red, Violets are blue, But you get a thistle, You fucking shrew. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679/40 "2007-10-06T05:36:01Z")
Roses are permanent rose Violets are dioxazine violet Sunflowers are cadmium yellow medium With a bit of burnt sienna, right about there, in the middle [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roses-are-red/421679.md?page=3)