Roses are red, violets are blue… You know how the story goes. For many years, this poem was the most standard, “didn’t want to think twice” inscription on any card, from Valentine’s to “get well” cards. Then one day, the internet came, and we all know what the internet does to things. They either disappear into oblivion or live long enough to become memes. Luckily for the “roses are red violets are blue” poems — and for us! — they were destined to walk a second path.
Speaking of long life, did you know that the “roses are red violets are blue” original poem can be traced as far back as 1590? It belongs to English poet Edmund Spencer, and was a part of his epic The Faerie Queene. Since then, it was modified several times until acquiring the form that we know. Today they have come a long way from funny Valentine’s poems to a way of just having fun and even making social commentary online, and in some cases, just being silly mean poems.
For this article, we have collected some of the funniest “roses are red” poems the internet has to offer. Upvote your favorite ones, and if you have any “roses are red violets are blue” jokes and poems you would like to share with us, guess what —
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#41
"Roses are red,
Violets aren't black,
Why is your front side,
As flat as your back?"
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14points
#42
"Roses are red,
And stems are green,
Your breath smells bad,
Use more Listerine."
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13points
#43
"Roses are red,
But I'm feeling blue,
Cause there's one less gorilla,
In the Cincinnati zoo."
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13points
#44
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Most people don't mind,
The smell of their poo."
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13points
#45
"Roses are red,
Grass is green,
Jet fuel just can't,
Melt a steel beam."
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13points
#46
"Roses are red,
"No Man's Sky" was a disaster,
Here's the "Bee Movie" but every time they say bee it gets faster."
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12points
#51
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
When I flush the toilet,
I remember you."
unknown
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#53
"Roses are red,
You're quite the chancer,
How would you like,
A red jolly rancher."
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11points
#55
"Charmeleons are red,
Wartortles are blue,
Metapod uses Harden,
When I get a Pikachu."
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11points
#56
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Coffee is bitter,
And so are you."
unknown
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#57
"Roses are red,
Deer eat flowers,
Squidward chokes on a fork,
For 10 hours."
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#58
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
It’s not really stalking,
If they never see you."
unknown
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#60
"Roses are red,
My screen is blue,
I think I deleted system32."
unknown
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