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.

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