List Poems. Examples of Lists and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous List poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a List.
A list poem is a form of poetry that is made up of a list of items or events, usually without transitional phrases, but there is more to a list poem. What is list in poetry (complete definition)?
summer rainSummer rain
Sidewalk chalkboard eraser
Nature’s dust mop
Gutter gurgling street cleaner
Cold tickles soaking a smile
Awakener of worms
No hands car wash
Childhood puddle dreams
Umbrella salesman
Mud merchant
The hush
Upon the edge of heat
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Categories:
rain, summer,
Form: List
Tightie Whities
What should I write, what do you think
How's about tightie whities
The kind that get most women all worked up
Divesting themselves of their nighties
Even if you plead you have a headache
She's in no condition to listen
Those...
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Categories:
fun,
Form: List
Easy KissOur sex is a train wreck,
our sex explodes;
Our sex is nothing,
and everything at once;
Our sex is intoxicating,
our sex is menacing;
Our sex is a conversation
of two broken languages;
Our sex is so cutthroat,
our sex is salvation;...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, kiss, lust,
Form: List
10 Things I cannot Remember
Categories:
humor, irony,
Form: List
I'd save you firstWhen life puts in you in these cages,
where you meet people of different rages,
and faces,
it makes you seem horrible.
I noticed you shirt which reminded me of the clothes my dad buys to...
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Categories:
1st grade, blue,
Form: List
Is the sky a shield of layer that covers us?I sat beneath my bench near my bed, drew a picture for Ms. Pale I wanted to give her.
Mommy came in:,, Honey, for what is that for?"
,, Ms. Pale"
My mom said she was my favorite...
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Categories:
art,
Form: List
Ode to my StudentsTiny hands
Pure hearts
Silly smiles
Footprint art
Cheerful shrieks
New found words
Belly laughs
Singing heard
As I open up the door
These are the sounds I hear
And everyday it gives me a reason
To have a smile stretching from ear to ear
...
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Categories:
appreciation, inspiration, preschool, teacher,
Form: List
MOMENTS of EPHEMERAA five minute fad
a one week wonder
fame for a quarter of an hour...
Fleeting images..
shadows in the sun
vapour of the morning dew..
Petals of a flower
...
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Categories:
art, inspiration, poetry,
Form: List
Write
“Write I will – until my heart stops – when the pen from my hand finally drops.” by author
I write about love and the beautiful dance
between those who fall into sweet romance.
I write on my...
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Categories:
write,
Form: List
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Categories:
loneliness,
Form: List
Lime Bread And ButterGluttonous screen helpings of
‘A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..’
Lime boombox with Madonna singing,
‘Only when I’m dancin’ can I feel this free.’
Bread and butter of a pig tail soul;
My base bricks, these...
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Categories:
emotions, nostalgia, teenage,
Form: List
HappinessHappiness is the whirl of lyrical runes,
voicing of raging monstrous stories in loons.
Happiness is the rough silence of the heart,
that cries in loneliness of love torn apart
Happiness is a prodigal daughter that,
swims in the...
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Categories:
deep, desire, feelings, freedom,
Form: List
SillySilly it is, to take life seriously -
Better for us to take it hilariously;
Silly it is, to carry the weight of unwanted pressure,
When life itself, is meant to be lived with pleasure.
Silly it is, to...
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Categories:
silly,
Form: List
SummerSummer is my favourite season,
The clearness is a reason.
Summer gives the sun full sway,
I bask in the embracing ray.
Summer is the best time to go on a vacation,
Some are drowned in the new location.
Summer harbingers...
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Categories:
summer, sun,
Form: List
Yellow Days"How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun." - Vincent Van Gogh
Yellow is the puddle of sun on the lawn;
Yellow is the dandelion daring to roar.
Yellow are the giggles of...
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Categories:
beauty, childhood, color, grandmother,
Form: List
Specific Types of List Poems
Read wonderful list poetry on the following sub-topics:
christmas, dog, family, food, friends, funny, kids, life, love, music, nature, school, sports, war, wedding
and more.
Definition | What is List in Poetry?