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.

Mrs. Mandy's Candy Shop by Kenn Nesbitt
Mrs. Mandy’s Candy Shop
The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy
On New Year's Day by Kenn Nesbitt
On New Year’s Day
I’m Staying Home From School Today
Not-So Fast Food
I Played a Game
I’d Like to Meet an Alien
My Favorite Sport by Kenn Nesbitt
My Favorite Sport
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
I Went to a Wishing Well
Xbox, Xbox
Rules for School by Kenn Nesbitt
Rules for School
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
I Tried to Play Soccer by Kenn Nesbitt
I Tried to Play Soccer
My Mother Drives Me Everywhere
Busy Jack by Kenn Nesbitt
Busy Jack
The First Week of School by Kenn Nesbitt
The First Week of School
The Monster's Thanksgiving by Kenn Nesbitt
The Monsters’ Thanksgiving
I'm a Pirate and a Pumpkin by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m a Pirate and a Pumpkin
My Smartphone Isn’t Very Smart
Sunday’s Somewhat Melancholy
My Senses All are Backward
I’ve Started Learning Honkish

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