More Than the Sound and the Spelling

Monday, February 16, 2026

Good morning, The Wonderfell Way.

Made it. O/

Good show, how'd your dreams go?

Sunrise inches closer to an acceptable hour, hints at Spring.

A good feel in the air today, vibes vibing right, such a delight, set to do the day right.

A rhyme always has a sense of joy and self-awareness in it.

Every rhyme reminds it's true,
Someone writes these words for you.

See, as long as you can read, you're never alone.

Glad you're here.

Poetry verse went free and left you and me with guitar chords and drum machines, bass lines to pass our lyrics to.

But there's a music that transcends hip-hop, rock and roll, even jazz.

It's the sound of each sentence in your head as you read.

Are we in tune yet? O/

This head voice, where dreams go to search for words, is what writers share on every page and screen.

It's also the place that separates people from animals. You can craft your dreams into words.

Language is our shareable inheritance from the story called humanity.

Every word is like a story told around a campfire to our children to keep the ways of our race going.

When a mother points at a chair and says the world aloud, 'chair, chair' to her baby to teach them, that child receives more than just the sound and the spelling. They inherit their mother's whole understanding of the story of that word.

A mother that's a painter has a much different read on the story of a chair than a mother that's a carpenter.

When you speak and write, every story of every word you've ever processed goes into every sentence you share.

It has to. It's what language is for: to share this dream called humanity.

The understanding of the stories we share determines the quality of our relationships.

My work, the work of a poet, is to craft each line with these stories in mind to offer new ways to understand your catalog of words.

Poetry expands the possibilities of language and so... the possibilities of humanity.

You can only ever be as good as the understanding you have of the words you choose.

Consider your stories of what's important to you in your life. Do they serve your dream of a good life?

If not rewrite them, take care, and make a wonderful day.