The Acrostic Poetry Challenge - Pollen

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The Acrostic Poem has been a long-standing challenge, mainly between B'Elana and PedanticBarSteward. However, we've decided to open up the idea to anyone who would like to take part, as a regular poetry challenge.

The word chosen each time is the Telegram Game's current word, so if you join in or subscribe to the telegram game you'll know as soon as it's announced. When you've completed your poem, submit it by posting to a new thread below, and we'll put the best of them together in the next issue.

Have fun!

Pollen

Bel
Prepare for the attack through air:
Overkill, allergics' nightmare.
Lots of dust in every room,
Lush are trees, they bloom, and bloom.
Endless seems the dust attack,
Now, you take the axe and WHACK!1
smiley - birosmiley - birosmiley - biro
Dmitri Gheorgheni
Pink and blue and yellow, purple, red,
Orange blooms' effusions plague my head.
Lilacs may make poets reach for rhyme,
Lilacs make my nostrils run, big-time.
Every spring-time, pill pushers get rich,
No doubt about it, Nature is a nasty person2.
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PedanticBarSteward
Politicians are intrinsically, inherently corrupt,
Only that we need them, but really not too much,
Lying is a quality that guarantees the job,
Lobbying and conning the uneducated mob.
Easter come, the blossoming of re-eternal life,
Noses run and sneezing, life is only strife.3
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, PedanticBarSteward and Bel

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1The h2g2 Post wishes to distance itself from this acrostic. The editorial staff in no way condone the senseless slaughter of captive vegetable matter. – DG2We at the h2g2 Post are committed to responsible entertainment, here. Bad language will NOT be tolerated. – DG3While we do not believe this poem to be actionable, it is surreal. Surrealism can be hazardous to your health unless taken in small doses. – DG

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