Part joke, part poetry, funny ... 8. Roses are red, violets are blue; surf's up, bro—you're a heck of a dude. 9. R4 is red, R2 is blue; if I were the force, I would be with you. 10.

Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.