Romantic.... or not....

[WickedSmurf]

These are entries to a Washington Post competition asking for a rhyme with the most romantic first line... but the least romantic second line:



Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss;

But I slept with you only because I was pissed.



I thought that I could love no other

Until, that is, I met your brother.



Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.



Of loving beauty you float with grace

If only you could hide your face!



Kind, intelligent, loving, and hot;

This describes everything you are not.



I want to feel your sweet embrace

But don't take that paper bag off of your face!



I love your smile, your face, and your eyes;

Damn, I'm good! (at telling lies)!



My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife;

Marrying you screwed up my life.



I see your face when I am dreaming...

That's why I always wake up screaming.



My love, you take my breath away.

What have you stepped in to smell this way?



What inspired this amorous rhyme?

Two parts vodka, one part lime.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

What romantic people.

 

[Achinz]

It would be a pretty useful way to improve your creative skills as a verse artist. So here's a try:

You are the apple of my eye
I dare not look or I might die.

With this ring I thee wed
I'd still keep my single bed.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Very romantic

 

[The Person]

Oh, the pleasantries of Vogon poetry...