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.

I Raised My Hand in Class by Kenn Nesbitt
I Raised My Hand in Class
I Went out Exploring by Kenn Nesbitt
I Went out Exploring
That Explains It!
New Year's Day Promises by Kenn Nesbitt
New Year’s Day Promises
Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run
Moving to China
The Sand Looks Like Candy by Kenn Nesbitt
The Sand Looks Like Candy
I Spotted a Pie on the Sidewalk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Spotted a Pie on the Sidewalk
I Don't Watch TV by Kenn Nesbitt
I Don’t Watch TV
At History I'm Hopeless
At History I’m Hopeless
I Didn’t Go Camping
My Sheep Is Being Sheepish
Larry the Librarian
Larry the Librarian
Spaghetti, Dear Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt
Spaghetti, Dear Spaghetti
Mr. Negative by Kenn Nesbitt
Mr. Negative
Today I Had a Rotten Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Had a Rotten Day
Skylar the Sculptor by Kenn Nesbitt
Skylar the Sculptor
Electronic Christmas
The Seefood Diet
Hello, My Name is Madison
Zzzzz by Kenn Nesbitt
Zzzzz
Morning Sports
Mirror, Mirror by Linda Knaus and Kenn Nesbitt
Mirror, Mirror
A Dream of School Supplies

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