I am writing a poem, and I need some puns about roses.

One of my favorite quotes is by Abraham Lincoln where he
uses roses to examine a positive outlook on life.  He wrote, “We can complain because
rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have
roses.”

But since you are looking for puns, or play of
words, here are a couple I came up with.

• I rose
  to the occasion and bought her a bouquet on Valentine’s
  Day.


• Her love stemmed from the number of roses he gave
  her for Valentine’s Day.


• Her budding love flowered like a
  rose.


• Her cheeks were so rosy; she was an American Beauty
  (type of rose).

To write an effective pun,
think of all the ways you can “play with” words associated with roses.  For example,
rose, bud, stem, thorn, bush, petal, bouquet, or names of roses like American
Beauty.

Rose can also be a verb or an adjective like
“rosy.”