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.

My Mother Said to Do My Chores by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Said to Do My Chores
This Poem's Not About a Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
This Poem’s Not About a Dog
Santa Brought a Bar of Soap
How Not to Cook by Kenn Nesbitt
How Not to Cook
My Legs Both Understand Me
Merlo the Magnificent
Wayne the Stegosaurus
My Purple Unicorn by Kenn Nesbitt
My Purple Unicorn
What to Remember in School
Christmas Shopping
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Octopus for Lunch
I Went to the Doctor
When Chemists Die They Barium by Kenn Nesbitt
When Chemists Die, They Barium
This Winter I Went Sledding
Mammals by Kenn Nesbitt
Mammals
I Raised My Hand in Class by Kenn Nesbitt
I Raised My Hand in Class
Costume Classroom by Kenn Nesbitt
Costume Classroom
That Explains It!
I Went out Exploring by Kenn Nesbitt
I Went out Exploring
Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run
I Didn’t Go Camping
I Don’t Watch TV
New Year's Day Promises by Kenn Nesbitt
New Year’s Day Promises