Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, part poetry, funny roses-are-red poems are classics for a reason: They're a humorous twist on sometimes ...

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Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived from 84 to 54 B.C.E. He was known for his scathing wit and for being both earthy and intellectual, and this funny, short poem, which still rings ...