Stranger Than Poetry

Solution

The end of each stanza in the poem rhymes with a module. The first letter of each module provides the solution.

Line in PoemRhyming Module
bad nascent sweatersAdjacent Letters
sun-powered pearsUncolored Squares
burn the teaTurn the Key
too many coursesHuman Resources
"mix-handed", brass swordExtended Password
feudalizationNeutralization
waxy burnsTax Returns
nice screamIce Cream
hollered, "Witches!"Colored Switches
incendiary charadeIdentity Parade
birdfaceThird Base
artsyYahtzee

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