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Give the famous poem a different ring..... Roses are red, violets are blue


Original poem by Sir Edmund Spenser It was upon a Sommers shynie day, When Titan faire his beames did display, In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew, She bath'd her brest, the boyling heat t'allay; She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew, And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew. Roses are red violets are blue sugar is sweet and so are you.

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epigramman profile image93

epigramman says

Roses were red

and violets were blue

but flowers unwatered

are now dead flowers too!

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hillymillydee profile image92

hillymillydee says

Roses are red violets are blue

I am writing a hub

Because I like to earn revenue..

But roses are red violets blue

Traffic decreases

because the season is low

Though I still hope that roses are red violets are blue

in the coming days earnings will grow.

And for now roses are red, violets are blue

I answer your question that's all I can do

 |  (+2)  |  3 months ago  |  Comment
Uriel profile image89

Uriel says

In theory roses are supposedly red

And so is our little love bed

As on my flesh your little demons have fed

Until lots of blood has been shed

Can you see the hate that fluctuates whenever I say your name?

Can’t you see that even in the dark you have over burned our flame?

And when the violets turn black as love fades

And death claims my cold heart with its blades

Deny it but you know your love ain’t that sweet

Sometimes it knocks us off our feet

And as you sank your fangs into my skin

And I watched everything burn in a spin

And when the cold settles to rip my heart

Will you be merciful as you tear it apart?

And I tensed under your skin against mine so coarse

I will eternally remember those little words of yours

Roses are red violets are blue

sugar is sweet and so are you

 |  (+5 / -1)  |  15 months ago  |  Comment
ROMANCER OF LIFE profile image89

ROMANCER OF LIFE says

Roses are Red....

Violets are Blue....

Where ever you may go...

I will follow you....

Lead my heart,

To a distant place,

That's okay,

Don't feel misplaced...

My love for you,

Grows stronger each day,

I'll follow you,

Just lead the way....

 |  (+7 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
literary_hack profile image86

literary_hack says

If color is blind,

Remains unassigned,

Than the color of flowers

Need not be defined.

Roses are gray,

Violets are white,

Tulips are fighting

For green out of spite.

We find their box.

We lock them in.

Observing them,

We try again:

Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

Which one is better?

Which one will do?

 |  (+7 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
europewalker profile image92

europewalker says

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I'll always love you

Whatever hue

 |  (+2)  |  9 months ago  |  Comment
japtaker profile image87

japtaker says

roses are read

on their pages it's said:

please,

seize the day

in memory of the dead

no sooner had sprung

violets from earth anew

then when the wind came

away violets blew

 |  (+5 / -3)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
Trazanna-Lee profile image67

Trazanna-Lee says

roses are red,

violets are blue.

my heart is aching

in longing for you....

 |  (+7 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
sturner1 profile image83

sturner1 says

No truer is a rose but red

No bluer than the violet bled

My tears upon it's petals fall

liquid prisms

hatred spew

crumpled petals

losing you...........

 |  (+4 / -2)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
Lisa HW profile image96

Lisa HW says

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Bippity, bippity, boppity, boo

 |  (+1)  |  9 months ago  |  Comment
Michael Graves profile image75

Michael Graves says

Roses are red; violets are blue,

But their beauty pales before such as you-

No matter how sweet is sugar's taste,

It's the taste of your lips I truly crave.

And even though flowers grow and die,

My feelings for you shall still burn bright.

So like the rose, open now to me;

For even as it binds, love sets us free.

 |  (+2)  |  7 months ago  |  Comment
GNelson profile image91

GNelson says

Roses are red

Violets are blue

We could go out

If I could just tie my shoe

 |  (+1)  |  6 months ago  |  Comment
sonia05 profile image82

sonia05 says

roses are red

violets are blue

you love me

i love you too!!

 |  (+4 / -3)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
sun of zym profile image45

sun of zym says

the color of the purple fades black

on the tomb of a man named Jack

on the stone it was wrote,

"to the eyes of this, note,

'though Roses are red,

and violets are blue,

the heart of this pyre,

is smelling for...you' "

Thought I'd add a little dark ring to it...hope you don't mind.

 |  (+4 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
Edoka Writes profile image78

Edoka Writes says

Forever you're my favorite obsession

Your love lingers, like the scent of pouring rain

Disdain- is what I feel as the pain of missing you intrudes

My short-sighted blues...As I hear the news...subdues

He's coming back...and just then, I think of the poem that everyone knows- behold.

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I'm loving my lover

For he loves me too

 |  (+4 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
manum profile image75

manum says

The original seems like a difficult to copy piece of poetry. If roses are red and the violets are blue can the grass be called greener on the other side of truth. Perhaps roses are yellow or maybe green, and the violets are purple, slightly richer than black. If not searching for truth, rather staging a whim that colour is a track on a straight A ride. Then roses are scented and violets are so, that they may be called just that. So to speak of the sugar regarding the post, to the hub question we regard of the sweetest report, that old poems do lend a tune to the rhyme, in a breezy climate the ringing of chimes.

 |  (+4 / -3)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
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anonaman says

Roses are red

violets are blue...

I could write something different

but I’m not going to

for the joy of a rhyme

as timeless as this

is the way that it leads

always to a kiss

when the red of the rose

darkens violet’s blue

and our love becomes bathed

in a deep purple hue

 |  (+5)  |  15 months ago  |  Comment
Laura Philips profile image89

Laura Philips says

Roses are red,

Violets are Blue,

Sugar isn't an option,

For diabetic Hugh.

 |  (+2 / -3)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
Quixote's Rose 5879

Quixote's Rose

Copyright 2010 held by Christopher Floyd Thanks for the challenge. The original poem by Sir Edmund Spenser was: It was upon a Sommers shynie day, When Titan faire his beames did display, In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew, ... keep reading →
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Onyx Fox35 profile image66

Onyx Fox35 says

Roses are Red.....

Violets are Blue....

Now a Days Are Tuff.....

And You Have To Be Too!!!!!

 |  (+2 / -2)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
MarcellusShale profile image72

MarcellusShale says

Roses are red

violets are blue

Heres a one hour hotel

and $100 too

 |  (+2 / -1)  |  15 months ago  |  Comment
jaiswalneha profile image61

jaiswalneha says

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue...

Every Stepping stone is an opportunity for you

 |  (+1)  |  6 months ago  |  Comment
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mfwalden004 says

When I was a child my grandmother ...who was very crazy would say:

roses are red

violets are blue

the pig pen stinks

and so do you

as a kid I thought this was the funniest thing

 |  (+2 / -2)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
PaulWilliams profile image71

PaulWilliams says

roses r red violets are green ur the most beautiful lady i have seen,roses r red violets r black if u play ur cards right i will get u on ur back,roses red violets r cyan im not very romantic but id love to be ur man,roses r red violets r blue this verse is quite long but i did it for u,roses r red violets r mauve,i love all u love and i hate all u loathe,roses r red violets r yellow,14th february will come and then i will be ur valentines fellow

 |  (+1)  |  12 months ago  |  Comment
66games profile image53

66games says

Found this in a book...can't remember which one

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You may not know it

But I love you too

Another one:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Through bad times and good

I'm glad I have you

 |  (+2 / -2)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
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reachinghigher says

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Love is a gift

I give mine to you ( my sweetheart)

 |  (+3 / -1)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment
rexy profile image79

rexy says

Rose are red,

violets are blue,

and its only you,

l want to be with....

 |  (+1 / -2)  |  15 months ago  |  Comment
nightwork4 profile image87

nightwork4 says

roses are red, violets are blue, my dads a mechanic, can you swim.

 |  (+3 / -2)  |  16 months ago  |  Comment

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