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An acrostic in trochaic pentameter
A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
: Tapleyism by CD Richards


Turtles suffocate on plastic bags

Arctic shelf melts into ocean blue

Ponds and streams destroyed by acid rain

Land destruction - farming's gift to you

Earth is dying from our cruel neglect

Yes, we see the writing on the wall

Ignorance, a manufactured lie

Smugly thinking we can never fall

Man takes one last bow and waves goodbye

 

Author Notes
Today's word:

Tapleyism (n.) extreme optimism, even in the face of desperate circumstances.

Several of Charles Dickens' characters have made it into the English dictionary. Mark Tapley is one such character. The word comes from his undying optimism in the most appalling circumstances.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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