Use any of the poems below, or if you prefer to write an original ... Roses are red, relationships are tough; I love you 'cause we hate the same stuff. 11. Roses are red, violets are blue; I hate ...

But in carrying out my research on Renaissance literature and gender, I’ve been struck by how many of that period’s love poems were not for lovers. These sonnets, composed for friends and family, are ...

Love poems, hate poems; poems of god and of war. And what do our listeners think we have missed. From Sir Gawain as he was first described to Simon Armitage's new retelling of the story.