poetic device: List Poems

A “list poem” is a poem that incorporates some kind of list, often in the middle of the poem. It can be a list of objects, actions, ideas, or even words or people. If you’d like to learn to write your own list poems, check out this lesson.

All of these poems are list poems to some degree. Many of them are pure list poems, while others have a small list somewhere in the poem.

Our Magic Toilet
Switch Switch by Kenn Nesbitt
Switch Switch
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
Please Don't Prank Your Parents by Kenn Nesbitt
Please Don’t Prank Your Parents
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
The Games in My Room by Kenn Nesbitt
The Games in My Room
April Fool's Day by Kenn Nesbitt
April Fool’s Day
The Man from Planet X
Lost and Found by Kenn Nesbitt
Lost and Found
Pet Shopping by Kenn Nesbitt
Pet Shopping
Nicknames
My Brother Plays Dungeons and Dragons
The Dog Ate Our Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
I Tried to Play Soccer by Kenn Nesbitt
I Tried to Play Soccer
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
Peter Passed a Note Today
Today I Got a Valentine
Halloween Checklist by Kenn Nesbitt
Halloween Checklist
It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow
All My Great Excuses by Kenn Nesbitt
All My Great Excuses
We Ate All the Cheetos
We Ate All the Cheetos
Advice from Dracula
My New Remote
A Vampire Bit My Neck Last Night by Kenn Nesbitt
A Vampire Bit My Neck Last Night