Today's Letter is R in the Blogging A to Z Challenge. I'm writing poems with some obscure words starting with the letter of the day, and then doing a small watercolor to go with it.
A radicivorous rabbit
Sat in my backyard;
His ears erect, his nose rugate,
Officially on guard.
He’d finished all my carrots,
stared with rutilant eyes;
His next thought, “Oooh, some radishes!”
I resignedly surmised.
He seemed rather calm and cool
Though not averse to rollick;
And if any danger should approach
His escape would be shambolic.
No rampallion, just a russet rabbit,
Searching for a meal,
A little respite from the sun,
Perhaps a time to heal.
No recaption, nor rustication
Was due, because this fellow,
This runagate rabbit, garden bound,
Was so rufous and fluffy and mellow.
I determined then that I would plant
Carrots and radishes galore
And if they didn’t grow fast enough
I’d buy fresh stuff at the store.
By Donna JT Smith ©2026
Thanks to The Phrontistery for the radical words:
Radicivorous - eating roots
Rugate - wrinkled
Rutilant - shining, glowing ruddily
Russet - reddish brown
Rollick - exuberant jollity: to frolic gaily
Rampallion - scoundrel; villain
Ruction - disturbance; uproar
Recaption - reprisal; taking back that which is unlawfully obtained
Runagate - fugitive; vagabond
Rufous - reddish or brownish-red
Rumbustious - boisterous
Rurigenous - living or born in the country
Rusticate - to send into the country; to banish to rural areas
Rusticity - rustic manner; simplicity; rudeness
Shambolic - disorderly or chaotic
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What a cutie! Lots of great R words in there!
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