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.

Halloween Cuisine
My Family’s Fond of Gadgets
Mr. Obvious
The Winter Olympics are Practically Here
My Dog Plays Invisible Frisbee
My Robot’s Misbehaving
If I Had a Dollar
Bigfoot’s Bewilderment
I Eat Spaghetti with a Spoon
Our Teacher's Multitalented by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Teacher’s Multi-Talented
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein by Kenn Nesbitt
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein
Elementary by Kenn Nesbitt
Elementary
Fearless Frederick by Kenn Nesbitt
Fearless Frederick
When Flowers Wake Each Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
When Flowers Wake Each Morning
Making Cakes by Kenn Nesbitt
Making Cakes
World's Hardest Test by Kenn Nesbitt
World’s Hardest Test
My Mother Said to Clean My Room by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Said to Clean My Room
When Pigs Fly
Josh the Sausage Maker
I'm Thankful for Turkey by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Thankful for Turkey
Riding a Rainbow by Kenn Nesbitt
Riding a Rainbow
My Sister Says She’s Sleepy
My Mom's a Vegetarian by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mom’s a Vegetarian
When Freddie Had Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt
When Freddie Had Spaghetti