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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#85
"Roses are black,
Violets are black,
Everything is black,
I am blind."
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#87
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
This card was expensive,
Take off all your clothes."
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#88
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
My mom’s TikTok dance,
Is cooler than you."
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#89
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Please keep your flowers,
And your poems, too."
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#90
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’d rather be single,
Than with someone like you."
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#91
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
A face like yours,
Belongs in a zoo."
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#92
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I lost the game,
Now so did you."
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#93
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
'What comes first? Egg or chicken?',
'Sorry sir, I don’t have a clue.'"
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#94
"Roses are red,
Violets aren’t that,
Love won’t save you Padme,
Only my new powers can do that."
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#95
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I am the senate,
And the emperor too."
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#96
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I don’t like sand,
It’s coarse and rough and irritating too."
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#97
"Roses are brown,
Violets are brown,
I really wish my neighbor,
Would stop letting his dog poo on my lawn."
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#98
"Roses are red,
Chocolates are brown,
I expected nothing,
But you still let me down."
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#99
"Roses are red,
Parasites need a host,
I think I’m having a stroke,
Or does anyone else smell toast?"
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#100
"Roses are red,
There’s no such thing as ghosts,
Except when you leave me blue ticked,
And I believe in them the most."
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