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 Valentines Day.
• Her love stemmed from the number of roses he
  gave her for Valentines 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 , 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.