Today's letter is G for my AtoZ Challenge. I'm doing a poem (for National Poetry Month) and a small, quick watercolor to go with the poem. There's a link below to click to visit other participants this month. I've included definitions below, also, so you can check them if you can't guess them (or don't know them).
Galliard Gull
A gull is such a galliard bird
With rabble rousing gabbling
As they’re given more to screams
Than quiet bits of babbling
They love a shiny gewgaw
They have a playful streak
And gad about to grab some chips —
A harmless little gleek
Gadzooks! You’d think a seagull
Would cry out ”Gaddyloo!”
And not be so gallionic
As it strews its loo gradoo
Gar! I am just a gawdelpus
Who loves to look at skies
Until a seagull screams and drops
Some topping on my fries.
By Donna JT Smith ©️2026
Gabble - to chatter or talk inarticulately
Gad - to wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure
Gadzooks - a mild oath
Galliard - bright, gallant, lively
Gallionic - uncaring, indifferent
Gar - mild oath
Gardyloo-
warning cry Gardyloo is a warning cry used in Scotland to warn
passersby that dirty water or urine will be thrown out the window.
Gasconade -to brag or boast
Gawdelpus- a helpless person
Gewgaw - toy, trifling object, bauble
Gleek - a trick or joke
Gradoo - clutter, gunk, grime
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