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 by Kenn Nesbitt
Lost and Found
My Kitten Is a Ninja by Kenn Nesbitt
My Kitten Is a Ninja
Gabby’s Baby Beagle
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The Man from Planet X
Joe the Emoji
Today a Tiger Tackled Me by Kenn Nesbitt
Today a Tiger Tackled Me
On the Thirty-Third of Januaugust by Kenn Nesbitt
On the Thirty Third of Januaugust
And Backed My Car into a Tree
My Favorite Word is Floofy
A Random Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
A Random Poem
We Call Our Teacher Mister E. by Kenn Nesbitt
We Call Our Teacher Mister E.
I’m Srot of Srcmabled Up Tdaoy
My Gramma Got a Camera by Kenn Nesbitt
My Gramma Got a Camera
My World Is Turning Downside-Up by Kenn Nesbitt
My World Is Turning Downside-Up
Deer Mrs. Teecher
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
My Job at the Calendar Factory by Kenn Nesbitt
My Job at the Calendar Factory
I'd Like to Sing in Singapore by Kenn Nesbitt
I’d Like to Sing in Singapore
I’ve Started Learning Honkish
I Built a Big Building
My Kitten Had an Accident
Swimming Ool
How Not to Cook by Kenn Nesbitt
How Not to Cook