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.

Opposite Day
Random Recipe by Kenn Nesbitt
Random Recipe
My Mother Drives Me Everywhere
I Played a Game
Rules for School by Kenn Nesbitt
Rules for School
The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
Not-So Fast Food
I’m Staying Home From School Today
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
I’d Like to Meet an Alien
I Went to a Wishing Well
Xbox, Xbox
Sunday’s Somewhat Melancholy
My Senses All are Backward
The Monster's Thanksgiving by Kenn Nesbitt
The Monsters’ Thanksgiving
My Smartphone Isn’t Very Smart
Busy Jack by Kenn Nesbitt
Busy Jack
I'm a Pirate and a Pumpkin by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m a Pirate and a Pumpkin
I Am a Cow
My Teacher Calls Me Sweetiecakes by Kenn Nesbitt
My Teacher Calls Me Sweetie Cakes
Horror Movie Marathon by Kenn Nesbitt
Horror Movie Marathon
I’ve Started Learning Honkish

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