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.

Mammals by Kenn Nesbitt
Mammals
Horror Movie Marathon by Kenn Nesbitt
Horror Movie Marathon
I Raised My Hand in Class by Kenn Nesbitt
I Raised My Hand in Class
I Am a Cow
I Went out Exploring by Kenn Nesbitt
I Went out Exploring
When Chemists Die They Barium by Kenn Nesbitt
When Chemists Die, They Barium
I Went for a Walk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Went for a Walk
That Explains It!
I Spotted a Pie on the Sidewalk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Spotted a Pie on the Sidewalk
Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run
The Sand Looks Like Candy by Kenn Nesbitt
The Sand Looks Like Candy
I Don't Watch TV by Kenn Nesbitt
I Don’t Watch TV
At History I'm Hopeless
At History I’m Hopeless
Spaghetti, Dear Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt
Spaghetti, Dear Spaghetti
I Didn’t Go Camping
Larry the Librarian
Larry the Librarian
New Year's Day Promises by Kenn Nesbitt
New Year’s Day Promises
Skylar the Sculptor by Kenn Nesbitt
Skylar the Sculptor
Zzzzz by Kenn Nesbitt
Zzzzz
Today I Had a Rotten Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Had a Rotten Day
Electronic Christmas
Hello, My Name is Madison
My Sheep Is Being Sheepish
Mr. Negative by Kenn Nesbitt
Mr. Negative

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