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.

Things You Don't Need to Know by Kenn Nesbitt
Things You Don’t Need to Know
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
My Sister Should Be an Explorer by Kenn Nesbitt
My Sister Should Be an Explorer
Are Aliens Out There?
The Man from Planet X by Kenn Nesbitt
The Man from Planet X
Swinging from the Lights by Kenn Nesbitt
Swinging from the Lights
Today I Wrote this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Wrote this Poem
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds
I'm Great at Almost Catching Things by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Great at Almost Catching Things
With Christmas Coming Soon by Kenn Nesbitt
With Christmas Coming Soon
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
Halloween Checklist by Kenn Nesbitt
Halloween Checklist
Today I Wore a Costume
My Creepy Costume by Kenn Nesbitt
My Creepy Costume
Hank the Helpful Helper
Hank the Helpful Helper
The Headless Horseman's Hattery by Kenn Nesbitt
The Headless Horseman’s Hattery
Everyone's Screaming by Kenn Nesbitt
Everyone’s Screaming
Bob’s Job
Saturday's My Lazy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
How to Eat a Chocolate Bunny
The Principal Is Missing
Random Recipe by Kenn Nesbitt
Random Recipe
The Birds Are Chirping Happily by Kenn Nesbitt
The Birds Are Chirping Happily
Dear Santa, Did You Get My Tweet?

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