Roses Are Red: the 2005 Valentine Poetry Contest
It's time for my third or fourth annual Valentine's Day Poetry Contest (not to be confused with Mig's Limerick Contest). This is totally different. Really. In fact, I'll just copy and paste from 2003:
When I was in fourth grade, the boy who sat next to me received a Valentine's Day card from the girl he was smitten with. This girl was quite the bitch and honed her skills early on in life. The card to Mr. Unrequited Love read:
Roses are red
They grow in this region
If I had your face
I'd join the foreign legion.
She and her friends got quite the giggle out of this. Personally, I thought it was cruel.
Yes, but life goes and all these years later I am not bothered by romantic cruelty at all. Nor am I so virtuous that I would not take the impending "romantic" holiday and turn it into a joke.
So, a contest for you.
Valentine's Day poems. No, not sweet, lovesick poems. They have to be from one famous person to another.
For instance, from Michael Jackson to Corey Feldman. From Courtney Love to Dave Grohl. Ernie to Bert. From Jessica to Nick. From Roast Beef to Molly. Hugh Hewitt to the CEO of Target. You get the idea. I hope.
Must be in the form of Roses are red, etc.
Deadline entry, Sunday 2pm, when I'll put it to a vote. Winner will get some kind of prize.
[update: If your poem doesn't begin with "roses are red" you are automatically disqualified]
Comments
From Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie:
Roses are red
Your lips are, too
I dumped my wife Jen
to drink blood with you.
Posted by: dorkafork | February 11, 2005 09:29 AM
W to JFK
Roses are Red
They go with violets and lace
I won THIS election
So IN YOUR FACE!
followed by evil snickers....
Posted by: prairie biker | February 11, 2005 09:33 AM
The Babe to George Steinbrenner:
Rose are red
Violets are blue
The curse is reversed
And now it' on you.
Posted by: spd rdr | February 11, 2005 09:46 AM
Multiple entries:
Michael Jackson to McCaulay Culkin
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Roses are red,
They look good in your hands
But unlike me,
they don't come in small cans.
Debbie Gibson to (former teen pop flash-in-the-pan) Tiffany
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Roses are red
about that let's not quibble.
My career sucks like your's;
now look at my nipples!
Ben Affleck to J-Lo
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Roses are red,
I'm glad we're not married.
All of your husbands
want to be dead and buried.
Ariel Sharon to Yasser Arafat
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Roses are red,
you're death swells my heart.
Now you're gang-raped by demons,
you miserable old fart.
Posted by: physics geek | February 11, 2005 09:56 AM
John F. Kerry to any media outlet:
Roses are red,
Sometimes they are pinkish,
but then again they could by yellow,
Or white. Or peach-ish.
Posted by: JohnO | February 11, 2005 10:00 AM
Dear Charles, You do impress.
You've chosen Godzilla
Instead of the princess.
Your loving Camilla
Posted by: rjtjr | February 11, 2005 10:16 AM
Mark McGwire to Jose Canseco:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You didn't shoot me with steroids
Before I took a poo.
Posted by: Hubris | February 11, 2005 10:30 AM
Linda Lovelace to Harry Reems:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
It's been thirty-three years
Since I swallowed your spew.
Posted by: Hubris | February 11, 2005 10:36 AM
John Kerry to the state of Ohio:
Roses are Red
But why can't they be blue?
Pennsylvania voted for me
Why couldn't you, too?
Anna Benson to the New York Mets:
Roses are Red
New York's orange and blue
It's just a matter of time
Before I do all of you.
Posted by: Drew | February 11, 2005 10:43 AM
Mickey Kaus to Andrew Sullivan:
Roses are red
Your blog is blue
200 Gs in two years?
I'd quit, too.
Posted by: not that Matt | February 11, 2005 11:15 AM
Kim Jong Il to Carter and Clinton:
Roses are red
We commies are too
Now I've got nukes
And it's all thanks to you!
Posted by: dave | February 11, 2005 11:29 AM
Krispy Kreme, Inc. to Michael Moore:
Roses are red
Oysters are shucked
We're about to go bankrupt
It looks like you're fucked.
Posted by: dave | February 11, 2005 11:36 AM
Mel Gibson to Michael Moore
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Three nominations -
How about you?
DNC to Howard Dean
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Promise to stop screaming
If we pick you?
Meh. I'm sure I'll get my brain moving any minute now...
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | February 11, 2005 11:40 AM
From the people of Iraq to Markos Moulitsas Zuniga:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The election was held,
Now screw you, too.
Posted by: Chrees | February 11, 2005 11:42 AM
Anna Nicole Smith to anybody who'll pay her attention:
Roses are red,
Like my body?
I love Snoop's brownies -
He's a freaking genius!
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | February 11, 2005 11:47 AM
Michael Jackson to Corey Feldman, you say?
Roses are Red
Its so nice to see ya'
That pic on the right?
That's gonnorhea.
Posted by: Joe | February 11, 2005 11:48 AM
George W. Bush to Jacques Chirac
Les roses sont rouges
Meet Condoleezza Rice
You people are still stooges
But we're trying to be nice.
Posted by: not that Matt | February 11, 2005 12:06 PM
Dubya to Jacques:
Rose's are red,
Some cheese is bleu,
We won a war,
How about you?
Posted by: JohnO | February 11, 2005 12:08 PM
I'll do a Roast Beef to Molly poem:
roses are red
violets are blue
well really, they're more purple
and now i've hella screwed up the rhyming scheme of this poem
man what the hell
Posted by: Johnny Catbird | February 11, 2005 12:42 PM
W (and most of the civilized world) to Saddam:
Violets are blue,
Roses are red,
We'll like you much better
Once you are dead.
Saddam's response:
Roses are red,
With thorns like a thistle,
All your Tiger Hands
Can't touch my Pen Missile.
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | February 11, 2005 12:44 PM
(BTW, anybody who didn't get the Tiger Hand and Pen Missile references really, and I mean really needs to go to www.rockpapersaddam.com like, instantly.)
Warning: put beverages down first.
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | February 11, 2005 12:46 PM
William Lepeska to Anna Kournikova
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'll swim nude for 200 yards
Just to kiss your tennis shoe
Posted by: Mob | February 11, 2005 01:19 PM
Tom Daschle to South Dakota:
Roses are red.
I like my new hat.
Thanks for the memories.
You want fries with that?
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | February 11, 2005 01:36 PM
An open letter to Allah:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Haven't seen a great Photoshop
Since you said adieu.
Posted by: Name withheld | February 11, 2005 01:54 PM
Posted for a shy friend -
Baby Apple to Gwyneth:
Roses are Red
Who names their child Apple?
I'm a baby, you moron,
Not the new flavor of Snapple!
Posted by: withheld | February 11, 2005 03:40 PM
CO Gov. Bill Owens to Ward Churchill:
Roses are red,
and though this rhyme scheme is tired,
Step into my office
Because your ass is fired.
Astros fans to Scott Boras:
Roses are red,
But it takes Green to get paid
You robbed us of Beltran,
So we hope you catch AIDS.
Posted by: Drew | February 11, 2005 03:47 PM
From Ace to Michele:
These roses are red,
And these violets are blue.
My post is haiku.
In support of Name Withheld:
Roses are red,
Fajitas? They sizzle.
No one does teh funnay
Like A-double-lizzle.
Posted by: Gnostic Surface | February 11, 2005 03:54 PM
Howard Dean to the DNC:
Roses are red.
And roses are yellow!
And they're pink!
And they're white!
And roses are purple!
And lavender!
And they're peach colored!
YEEEEEAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!
Posted by: dave | February 11, 2005 03:57 PM
Let me revise my earlier one slightly. Mickey to Andy:
Roses are red
Your blog is blue.
200 Gs in two years?
I'd quit, too.
[He made how much? -- Ed. That's right!]
Posted by: not that Matt | February 11, 2005 04:14 PM
From Napoleon Dynamite to Uncle Rico:
Roses are red,
Your mustache is gay,
If I see you again,
I'll throw a nunchuck your way.
Posted by: Adrienne | February 11, 2005 04:22 PM
Canseco to Raphael Palmeiro
Roses are red,
Secrets are through.
I'm flat busted,
And now so are you.
Posted by: MCM | February 11, 2005 04:42 PM
Bobby to Whitney
Roses are red,
Bruises are blue
Shut yo ass up, beeyotch
Or it's tough-love for you.
Posted by: MCM | February 11, 2005 04:44 PM
W to Kim Jong Il
Roses are red
Commies are too
Quit goin' nu-cu-lar
Or I'll regime-change you.
Posted by: MCM | February 11, 2005 04:46 PM
Schwartzenneger to Califrnia Dem's
Roses aw red,
Ya, zees ees twue.
Don't be a girly man,
Or aw'll terminate you!
Posted by: MCM | February 11, 2005 04:52 PM
Bill O'Reilley to the ACLU
Roses are red,
You always sue.
I'll keep this pithy,
And say "screw you."
Posted by: MCM | February 11, 2005 05:08 PM
Kim Jong Il to GWB
Woses are wed
Viorets are brue
Prease take me serirousry
Or I'll go nuc-u-rar on you!
Posted by: BuffJason | February 11, 2005 05:41 PM
Princess Di to Camilla
Roses are red
Sugar comes in a cube
I may be dead
But you've got the boob
Posted by: julie | February 11, 2005 06:07 PM
Brittany Spears to Kevin Federline:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Stop fucking around
And help me feed Lacy Loo
*Lacy Loo reference explained here
Posted by: annika | February 11, 2005 07:00 PM
Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
are belong to you
Posted by: Malderi | February 11, 2005 07:02 PM
Kevin Federline back to Brittany Spears
Roses are red
and sometimes they're yellow
I started cheating on you
'Cuz your feet stink like hello
Posted by: annika | February 11, 2005 07:21 PM
Malderi wins hands down.
Oh and answer your bloody mail please!
Posted by: Rich | February 11, 2005 08:01 PM
Camilla to Charles:
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue,
You look like a horse,
But so do I.
(do I get points deducted for not rhyming?)
Posted by: Carin | February 11, 2005 08:25 PM
Malderi is a cheater.
And what mail? What address did you send mail to?
Posted by: michele | February 11, 2005 08:38 PM
Rightwingsparkle to Jeff Goldstein:
Roses are red
I'm blonde and blue
Some say I'm an airhead
But Jeff, I WUV YOU! [insert obnoxious leering smiley icon]
Bill Ardolino to Bill Ardolino:
Roses are red
Slide shows are cool--
Say, did you see my slide show?
No, really, did you see all 122 of them? Because you really should.
Posted by: no | February 11, 2005 10:20 PM
McDonald's to American Heart Association
Roses are red,
Our food's really healthy,
You have to agree because
We'll make you wealthy.
Posted by: ReaderMom | February 11, 2005 10:21 PM
The State of Ohio to John Kerry
Roses are red,
We led you to the brink,
But Dubya is the winner,
'Cause we ain't as dumb as ya think!
ReaderMom...from Ohio
Posted by: ReaderMom | February 11, 2005 10:26 PM
Baseball Fans to Bud Selig
Rose was a great Red,
then he bet on the game.
But your baseball team sucks.
Now who you gonna blame?
Posted by: spd rdr | February 12, 2005 08:57 AM
The state of Ohio to the state of Michigan
Rose Bowls are red
We prefer Fiestas
We win national titles
You get pistol-whipped by Texas
Posted by: not that Matt | February 12, 2005 09:09 AM
From Bill to Hill
Roses are red
Violets are blue
It's time that you know
I cheated on you
(To be fair, I heard a guy reading this poem on a commercial for Springer)
Posted by: Faith | February 12, 2005 10:52 AM
Roses are red
My balls are blue
I'm single for Valentines day
Eat me
Posted by: fat kid | February 12, 2005 01:31 PM
From Jerry Rivers to Bill O'Reilly
Roses are red,
Michael Jackson is blue,
I say he's not guilty,
pretty much because my career's in the shitter.
Posted by: Dave in Texas | February 12, 2005 05:25 PM
A few entries have come to mind...
Ariel Sharon to Mahmoud Abbas
roses are red
and before i retire
we'll strive for peace
or at least this cease-fire
Gary Bettman to the NHLPA
roses are red
and you'd like to play
now suck it up boys
take a cut in your pay
NHLPA to Gary Bettman
roses are red
and black is a puck
we care for ourselves
'cause ya don't give a fuck
Fans to the NHL and NHLPA
roses are red
a season we lack
when you figure it out
we may not come back
RIAA to Music downloaders
roses are red
you know we like green
keep downloadin' music
our lawyers are mean
Posted by: ac | February 12, 2005 08:48 PM
Roses are red.
Violets are...
Oh, I can't DO THIS!
Love is a lie!
A damn, dirty, filthy lie!
She never loved me!
That stupid skanky bitch!
I'm GLAD I put that snake in her mailbox!
GLAD! Do you hear me!
How do you feel about your fucking goals now, you round heeled tramp?
Ha ha ha ha!
Oops, someone got shived in the shower.
Lockdown, gotta go.
Posted by: Mumblix Grumph | February 13, 2005 09:57 AM
From Mary to Joseph:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm having a kid
And the Dad isn't you.
Posted by: J.P. | February 13, 2005 10:04 AM
An observation:
Roses are red
Lileks: a zombie
He eats Michele's brain
with good-natured bonhomie
Posted by: SarahW | February 13, 2005 02:41 PM
Sitting Bull to Ward Churchill
Roses are red,
But you are a fraud,
Who's ever heard
of Souix named "Ward?"
Posted by: spd rdr | February 13, 2005 03:33 PM
Stunned Bravo network audience to "Project Runway" producers:
Roses are red,
Austin is Scarlett -
He LOST to a breeder who's
shaped like a bartlett?!
Posted by: SarahW | February 13, 2005 03:38 PM
Roses are red
valentine is crule
i sent you a card
NOW I WANT ONE TOO!
Posted by: MEE (bina) | February 14, 2005 09:00 AM
From Napoleon to Pedro
Roses are red,
Ligers are blue... I guess.
Heck yes!
I'll vote for you.
Posted by: MCM | February 15, 2005 11:43 AM