Ok, Ok, Ok…. We know we are a bit on the late side, after all it’s been a couple of months since our Valentines Day 2011 competition has actually finished and we have still yet to pick a winner… We really are the bad boys of romance sometimes 
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So to help us pick the winner of our Valentines Day 2011 “My love is like a Red, Red Rose because…” twitter friendly competition we are asking you to choose your favourite from our top 10 and post a comment.
The entry with the most favourable comments on this page wins our fabulous 1st prize of a “Lifetime of Roses”
The top 10 entries to pick from are :-
Entry 1… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose… He’s short and plump with not much hair But he’s fragrant and generous with the love we share!
Entry 2… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose… it’s deep colour is the depth of my love & even in death it’s beauty and memory is eternal as a pressed flower.
Entry 3… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose… ‘for it grows and then blossoms, like pent up emotions unfroze,it heightens my senses , and pours scorn on mere prose!.’
Entry 4… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose… You are my darling tweetie pie. I know I,m not that good at prose, But I’ll love you till the day I die.
Entry 5… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
Sweet and lovely and it shows
Why he loves me no one knows
But Im the one who truly glows
Just like a red red roseEntry 6… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
a joy to see it blossom,
but the greatest pleasure of all,
is cuddling up with ‘my little possum’Entry 7… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
with scent as sweet as candy
But everyone around us knows
its not just cos we’re randy!Entry 8… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
Mostly gentle I suppose,
Sometimes prickly, often soft,
Beautifully formed with a little waftEntry 9… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
A gorgeous thing of beauty.
Just be careful how you treat it…
It might go droopy!Entry 10… My Love is like a Red, Red Rose…
Because like the Red Rose Society,
my love in prose,
blossoms like a red red rose.
We intend to wait a few weeks and see what comments we get and then we promise a winner will be choosen…. At last
In the mean time however if you want to enter our next competition to celebrate Eros Day on August the 14th 2011 please click here.
Comments 63
Nice entries! I can see why it’s taken you bad boys so long to whittle them down to a shortlist
I think my favourite entry is ‘little possum’ Number 6! Very cute
Posted 12 Apr 2011 at 12:29 pm ¶Hello… My fav is number 9…. it works on so many levels for me and is so, so true….
Posted 13 Apr 2011 at 10:53 am ¶Entry 1 for sure… cos Im short and plump and not got a lot of hair either… keep up the good work…
Posted 18 Apr 2011 at 12:26 pm ¶No 5 is world class. Maybe he loves you because of your literary skills
Posted 18 Apr 2011 at 4:18 pm ¶Aww number eight is so cute!
Posted 18 Apr 2011 at 6:12 pm ¶Entry number 5 for me…it’s sweet and lovely just like this competition….
Posted 18 Apr 2011 at 11:57 pm ¶Heh heh, number 7 is funny.
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 2:33 pm ¶Entry number 3 as it looks like they really thought about it and prose does rhyme with rose after all.
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 2:50 pm ¶Number 5
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 4:31 pm ¶deepest and truest and loveliest by far
I was touched by entry number 1. It is so different from the rest and shows that love goes deeper than beauty.
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 4:55 pm ¶Got to be No 5, Words of a Romantic Poet, could easily be from the pen of Shelly, Keats or Lord Byron, in fact from any of boys in the Band. Cambridge/Oxford full of literature Scribes would consider No5 the high point of 3yrs. study
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 6:19 pm ¶I like number 1
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 7:25 pm ¶Nice entries. I choose number 3. It is beautiful and very romantic.
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 8:41 pm ¶Hmmm!decisions,decisions…it’s a choice between 6 or 9…………………………..i pick 6! cute and sentimental at the same time!
Posted 19 Apr 2011 at 9:35 pm ¶I really like the sentiments of choice # 6
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 2:34 am ¶I love number 2, deep and meaningful and from deep withing the soul
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 10:37 am ¶No.1 is easily the best – I love him already!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 12:41 pm ¶I like No.1 – it’s sweet and funny.
Good luck
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 4:53 pm ¶Entry 2..because love is eternal and doesn’t die when the person does
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 5:17 pm ¶No. 5 – true sentiments!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 5:19 pm ¶Number 9 – suitably sweet and a little bit cheeky!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 5:57 pm ¶Entry 1 – it’s lovely!! Reminds me a bit of Carol Ann Duffy poetry!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 6:21 pm ¶message no 1
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 6:46 pm ¶No 8 for me, I share their thoughts.
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 6:49 pm ¶I like entry No.1 – It’s down to earth and funny x
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 7:31 pm ¶Love no. 9 – it’s good to laugh!!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 7:37 pm ¶No 6 for me – sweet and sexy – just like the red rose!
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 9:29 pm ¶#1 is number 1. This expresses true love to me.
Posted 20 Apr 2011 at 10:19 pm ¶Down to earth and real. Love it!
i was touched by number 1 he sounds like a beautiful person
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 8:48 am ¶i like number 1 its the best
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:12 am ¶No.7, just made me smirk! x
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:14 am ¶I vote for number 1, it scans well and it made me smile the most!
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 10:12 am ¶I liked entry 1 best, it made me smile the most x
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 2:18 pm ¶No 1 does it for me!
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 2:30 pm ¶I love no. 4 the honesty of the feeling simply shine through .
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 5:49 pm ¶Number 5 wins for me. . lovely!
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 6:12 pm ¶Sorry, wont vote because I disagree with public voting competitions. The best entry rarely wins, only the one with the most “friends” or pester power.
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 8:48 pm ¶Number 9 made me giggle
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:08 pm ¶My favourite has to be number 3. Love the working, and the poetry, its perfect! Goes well and rhymes well. Brilliant!
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:47 pm ¶Hi, I agree with Elaine comment number 37…….the person with the most friends who votes for them could end up winning , although not neccesarly the best entry!….I must admit , my own entry is in the top ten,but I won’t ask my friends to vote for me!…….why don’t you at the Red rose society just pick the entry you like best……………..after all you guys are the Experts!!!! …best wishes Stephen xx
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:50 pm ¶Number 6 shameless rhyming with blossom and possum.Are they Australian or just been on holiday
Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 9:53 pm ¶No 3 is simply beautiful. My vote has to go to this one. Just so sweet and lovely xxx
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 1:36 am ¶ENTRY 5 is my favorite.
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 2:14 am ¶I prefer no 4, especially the final words – ‘ But I’ll love you till the day I die.’ That’s what real love is – eternal
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 6:46 am ¶With reference to Elaine and Stephan, number 37 and 44…
Thanks for your feedback, we have never asked for help to choose a winner before in any of our competitions however I must admit it is something we might do again because we are enjoying the interaction with our members.
However after reading your comments I have learned something new.. A thing called “pester power” exists and i certainly can see how this could effect the results.
I believe however in the case of our litte competition it won’t matter a jot because everyone who entered it must have believed in a thing called Love and therefore this sort of thing just wouldnt happen
Would it?
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 2:19 pm ¶Dear Eros…o.k I get your drift…….in that case I’ll vote for entry number 5….which I hasten to add is not my own!…………..and whilst “we’re at it” (no pun intented!)….”what is this crazy little thing called Love?” xx
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 2:26 pm ¶My fave is No. 1 because that could be me talking about dearest hubby.
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 3:21 pm ¶No 3 definitely, just lovely (and no I don’t know any of the entrants, just stopped by for a look!)
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 3:41 pm ¶No 2 is the one for me that really evokes the beauty and layering of deep love that Robert Burns was expressing when he wrote My Love is like a Red Red Rose.
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 5:32 pm ¶well divided, but eight is my fav
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 6:23 pm ¶It has to be number 8 so cute and true to real life.
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 6:23 pm ¶No.2; from the heart, eternally.
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 7:44 pm ¶Number 8 does it for me – and importantly, it also scans well!
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 7:58 pm ¶entry 9 is my favourite it made me laugh x
Posted 22 Apr 2011 at 10:18 pm ¶I have written poetry all my life. Amazed myself at times and others. But if I had to pick one I guess it whould have to be number 5. But, well done to all of you.
Posted 23 Apr 2011 at 7:39 am ¶It’s a really hard choice – the shortlisted entries are all good in their own way, but if I had to choose one it would be entry number 5.
Posted 23 Apr 2011 at 9:39 am ¶No 3 is my favourite – I like the idea of love being worthy of poetry not mere prose. Well done to all entrants.
Posted 23 Apr 2011 at 2:10 pm ¶No 7
Funny and quirky and not too contrived
Posted 26 Apr 2011 at 10:29 pm ¶#9 is my favourite. One of the better rhymes, good pace, and a punch at the end to bring a smile to the face
. In a close 2nd I’d plump for #1 (pity the second half didn’t stick with the humour). Best of luck everyone.
Posted 27 Apr 2011 at 8:33 pm ¶I like number 6 best because it is very cute!
Posted 29 Apr 2011 at 4:02 pm ¶Hi,
Don’t have a twitter account and don’t want one but the best of the 10 is No. 5
Some are just plain horrible with double entendres that leave nothing to the imagination others have been plagiarised
No. 5 is actually quite original and probably sincere.
Best of luck.
Posted 10 May 2011 at 10:40 am ¶I love no. 3, it sounds very good to me
Posted 12 May 2011 at 1:50 pm ¶We have a winner… at long long last….
It was a final 3 way toss up between entry number 1, 5 and 6 and even though number 1 got the most votes it was decided to award our fabulous 1st prize of a Lifetime of Roses to Charmaine Brown and her entry number 5 because it is just so sweet.
We will do an official blog post to announce it but you read it first here…
Congratulations Charmaine… We will be in touch very soon
Also jut before we go we would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who took the time to comment on this post and an even bigger thankyou to everyone who actually entered our Valentines Day 2011 competition.
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