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.

Just a Slug
Everything We Learn at School by Kenn Nesbitt
Everything We Learn at School
Perfect Peter Paul by Kenn Nesbitt
Perfect Peter Paul
I Bought My Mom an Apple by Kenn Nesbitt
I Bought My Mom an Apple
I'll Never by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ll Never
My New School by Kenn Nesbitt
My New School
Jim Sox by Kenn Nesbitt
Jim Sox
Everyone's from Somewhere Else by Kenn Nesbitt
Everyone’s from Somewhere Else
Dizzy Dottie’s Dog Salon
Betsy Burped the ABCs by Kenn Nesbitt
Betsy Burped the ABC’s
The Bagel Bird
Sam Who Only Ate Jam by Kenn Nesbitt
Sam, Who Only Ate Jam
Mrs. Debuss by Kenn Nesbitt
Mrs. DeBuss
My Uncle Had an Ant Farm by Kenn Nesbitt
My Uncle Had an Ant Farm
I Made a Hat by Kenn Nesbitt
I Made a Hat
I Sat Down on a Seesaw by Kenn Nesbitt
I Sat Down On a Seesaw
My Hare Is Resting on My Head
Arthur the Artist
Can't Sleep by Kenn Nesbitt
Can’t Sleep
I Named My Dogs the Strangest Names by Kenn Nesbitt
I Named My Dogs the Strangest Names
Gordon’s Garden
My Favorite Words by Kenn Nesbitt
My Favorite Words
Auntie Gravity
Gladiola's Garden by Kenn Nesbitt
Gladiola’s Garden

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