***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
First off – THANK YOU for all of the awesome poems this week. Sherry and I were cracking up at all of your spins on the “Roses are red” verses. Well done, team. Well done. Anyways, random.org has selected the winner of the Teleflora gift card as… Cristina S (who wrote: Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m awful at rhyming & I hope you are too!). Congrats Cristina!
It’s almost Valentine’s Day and to show our love for you, we’re giving you flowers. Well, actually Teleflora is giving you flowers. And technically just one of you. But not just any flowers – $100 worth of flowers! So hopefully all the ladies reading are psyched at the sheer volume of flowers that could add up to (like something straight out of The Notebook). And to all the dudes reading, I’m secretly gunning for you because I know I’d like to look like the high roller who splurged to the tune of 100 beans on his other half this year (or just sat around enjoying them myself). So go get ’em.
- PRIZE: A $100 gift card to Teleflora
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “ROSES ARE RED” and continue…
- BONUS QUESTION: … with your own favorite or original spin on the classic saying (mine would be: Roses are red, violets are blue, I can’t enter this freebie, so I’m jealous of you).
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 8th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Teleflora.
courtney says
Roses are red violets are blue, i’m trying to type with a dog between me and “you”.
My dog it sitting on my arms between me & my laptop.
Michelle says
ROSES ARE RED! Violets are blue. Sometimes I feel like, Life is a zoo.
Emily says
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This poem doesn’t work
When put in haiku
(but not for a lack of trying!)
Linda says
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue,
I love my dogs,
and they love me too!
Brooke says
Roses are Red!!
April says
ROSES ARE RED
violets are blue
I would love some flowers
to brighten with beautiful hues!
Holly says
ROSES ARE RED!
Here’s my favorite (sorry, not original):
Roses are red,
violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
but this one doesn’t
Karen L. says
Roses are red, daisies stay true, wish for some flowers for all of you….(but maybe me too!)
Jaime B. says
Roses are red,
violets are blue,
I would love to win
this giveaway from you!
Megan says
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m not very good at poetry,
How about you?
Bekah says
Roses are red
And my girlfriends are single
I’d take the rose money
And anonymously make their Valentine’s Day into a day where they don’t feel forgotten anymore. Rhymes shmymes. This is why I’d give flowers instead of poetry…
Amberly says
Roses are red, violets are blue, I’d love some free blooms, thanks to you!
Pamela @ Pink Hammers & Sippy Cups says
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
May love last forever
So strong and so true.
Sarah B says
ROSES ARE RED
and can be yella
whatever they are,
I’ll give them to my fella.
Megan says
Roses are red.
Violes are blue.
I think my hubby
might like some flowers, too!
Amanda S. says
ROSES ARE RED,
Violets are blue
Rununculus flowers (my favorite)
Come in many a hue!
Ronica says
ROSES ARE RED, my toenails are blue. A big bunch of flowers would make my house smell less like poo! (I have a toddler.)
Michelle says
“ROSES ARE RED”
Roses are red
Violets are blue
this is a Valentine’s Day
without someone named Lou.
Christina says
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’d like to be lying in bed, ’cause I just got over the flu—-well it was really just a really bad cold—but that doesn’t rhyme!
Renata says
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m not good with poems
Foo!
Roso says
Roses are red,..really, really red,
If I give these to my mom, she’ll be light in the head!
noel says
roses are red, violets are blue…i have so many projects on the horizon, inspired by your house, you two!
Kristen P. says
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue,
Oh how I wish,
I could live where there are seasons too.
Yeah, it’s totally 80+ degrees here in Florida already. We pretty much just skipped winter :-(
Diana Ruttonsha says
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love fresh flowers
And winning too
Alison K says
Roses are red
Violets are blue
$100 will bring lots of fresh and new
Lori says
Roses are Red
Carnations are Pink
Good Thing This Rhyme
Isn’t Using Up Ink!
Robin says
Roses are red,
Violets are blue
I must think of a project
that doesn’t involve hot glue…? eh. Whatevs. I’d love to win some pretty flowers though!!
Ginny says
ROSES ARE RED
Violets are blue
I know blogging is hard
So these poems are entertainment for you.
Teresa says
Roses are red, violets are not…it is what it is.
Amanda Brooks says
Two very different parts of my personality have to come out to play here. First here is what appears to be one of the earliest versions of the “roses are red” poem from EdmunD spenser’s “The Faerie Queen”: She bath’d with roses red, and violets blew,/And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.
My love of terrible 90’s pop has to come out with
Roses are red and violets are blue,
Honey is sweet but not as sweet as you,
Roses are red and violets are blue,
Dum deeda deedada, Dum deeda deedada,Dum deeda deedada, Dum deeda deedada,
Come pick my roses!
For the interested, here’s the link to the song :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xtV7FjKy8g
Shelby P. says
Roses are red. Violets are blue. Rhyming is too hard for me…
Sarah van Loon says
Roses are red,
violets are blue,
YHL is sweet,
and i’d love to win, too!
courtney says
ROSES ARE RED…
violets are blue
my husband will by me flowers
some in every hue!
Adrienne says
Roses are red, violets are blue, I would love this, and my husband would too!
Jenna says
Roses are red, violets are blue, flowers would be cheerful in this dreadful cube.
Johna says
ROSES ARE RED,
Violets are blue,
Pick me pick me
pick me pick me.
Katie says
ROSES ARE RED
tulips my favorite
I hope I win
Teleflora gave it!
Stacey says
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I want a new house
but flowers will do
Katie D. says
ROSES ARE RED
Violet are blue
If I win the flowers,
Maybe I’ll give them to you
:)
Michelle says
Roses are red,
Violets are blue
I’d love to win some flowers,
Who wouldn’t, wouldn’t you?
Laura says
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
MY HUSBAND’S NO FOOL,
BUT WINNING THIS WOULD MAKE HIM DROOL.
Lindsay says
Roses are red,
violets are blue,
I’d like some flowers
to keep my company while my husband is away working for four months.
Jennifer says
Roses are Red
Violets are blue or pink
I think those flowers
would look great by my sink
Thanks you guys!!!
NancyY says
ROSES ARE RED
roses are red
violets are true
there aren’t many rhymes
that I’m partial to
OMG-YHL says
ROSES ARE RED,
Accent walls are blue,
I’d plant my own flowers
If only they grew!
Anna says
ROSES ARE RED…
and elephants are grey….
this would really make my Valentine’s Day.
Sarah says
ROSE ARE RED…
..violets are blue
I’m not a great poet
doo-bee doo-bee- doo!
Mandi White says
ROSES ARE RED, violets are blue, I need some coffee, how about you? :)
Katie says
Roses are red,
I like them better in yellow,
I hope that I win
So I can get some from my fellow!
Helen says
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I think flowers are lovely, and my wife will too!