Roses Are Red
"Roses are red" can refer to a specific poem, or a class of doggerel poems inspired by that poem. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem.
Famous quotes containing the words roses and/or red:
“Seven roses later splashes the fountain.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)
“He was as bald as a hump.
His ears stuck out like teacups
and his tongue, my God, his tongue,
like a red worm and when he kissed
it crawled right in.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)