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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#61
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If monsters are coming,
I’ll run faster than you."
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#62
"Roses are red,
Orchids are rare,
You’re moving to your aunt,
And uncles in Bel-Air."
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#63
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Your spaghetti is overcooked,
It sticks like glue."
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#64
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
So I smelled like 100,
And got myself flu."
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#65
"Roses are red,
Perseus killed Medusa,
I may not be Greek myth,
But I can still seduce ya."
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#66
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
They don't think it be like it is,
But it do."
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#67
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
There are too many of them,
Master Skywalker, what are we going to do?"
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#68
"Violets are violet,
Roses are red,
My wife just left me,
I live in a shed."
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#71
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Who is your daddy?
And what does he do?"
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#72
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sheep go baah,
And cows go moo."
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#73
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You snore like a bear,
But I’m still into you."
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#74
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m unoriginal,
This is all I can do."
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#75
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I was born smart,
What happened to you?"
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#76
"Roses are red,
Jedi play tricks,
Execute Order 66."
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#77
"Roses are red,
Though, smell like fart,
Leave me alone,
I'm watching Paul Blart."
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#78
"Roses are red,
Peanut butter is greasy.
Joining the Lego club
Is free and real easy."
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#80
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I've got something nasty,
And now so do you."
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