poetic device: Pun Poems

Puns are words or phrases with double meanings. That is, they can be taken in either of two ways, which can sometimes be very funny. Pun poems are poems that use puns to make you laugh.

Some puns are homophones, words that sound alike, but are spelled differently, such as “I have bear feet.” Others are homonyms, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as “these batteries are free of charge.” Some are simply words that sound similar, such as “Today in the garden I wet my plants.” Still others are phrases that can mean two different things depending on whether you take them literally or figuratively, such as “the weight lifter held up a bank.”

These pun poems all include words or phrases with double meanings, either at the end or throughout the poem. See if you can count how many poems are in each.

I Fix My Duck with Duct Tape
My Sister’s Pretty Picky
Ode on a Unicycle
I Went to the Gym
My Cat Goes Flying Through the Air
I Tried to Find a Dinosaur
Whenever Yaks Play Basketball
My Frog Recycles All His Trash
A Sheep is Asleep On My Sofa
I Got Some Hot Sauce in My Eye
When Flowers Wake Each Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
When Flowers Wake Each Morning
Melvin the Mummy by Kenn Nesbitt
Melvin the Mummy
My Chicken’s On the Internet
Steve the Superhero
Josh the Sausage Maker
Wet Christmas
Catastrophe
Christmas Cat
Don’t Ever Ask a Centipede
Underneath an Apple Tree by Kenn Nesbitt
Underneath an Apple Tree
How Did You Get So Mean by Kenn Nesbitt
How Did You Get So Mean?
My Kiwi Is the Captain
Spring Is Here!
Kitten Fight by Kenn Nesbitt
Kitten Fight