poetic device: Wordplay
Wordplay in poetry just means playing with language. It might mean inventing new words, using punctuation in unusual ways, or replacing letters with numbers. It might mean writing sentences backward, overusing alliterations, or including tons of puns.
I love wordplay in poetry, so I have written many, many poems that use some form of wordplay, including all of these.
Lost and Found
My Kitten Is a Ninja
Gabby’s Baby Beagle
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The Man from Planet X
Joe the Emoji
On the Thirty Third of Januaugust
And Backed My Car into a Tree
My Favorite Word is Floofy
A Random Poem
We Call Our Teacher Mister E.
I’m Srot of Srcmabled Up Tdaoy
My Gramma Got a Camera
My World Is Turning Downside-Up
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
Deer Mrs. Teecher
The Lamps Were All Delighted
My Job at the Calendar Factory
Today a Tiger Tackled Me
I’d Like to Sing in Singapore
I’ve Started Learning Honkish
I Built a Big Building
My Kitten Had an Accident
Swimming Ool