On Irony

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Good morning, The Wonder...fell Way.

When tomorrow becomes today and starts to play anew, again, anew.

What's new?

Winter waves goodbye with a snowfall or two. The view out every window is a Baker's display, icing on every tree and fencepost.

Dawn. Lights on. Snow sugar crystals shine back the sunrise.

It's not optimism; it's observation.

The certain ways of poets and artists of seeing The World have laid quiet for so long.

The consequences of which are our nightly News.

Comedians do their best to lighten up the language of what's going on.

But it's not enough.

There's more to funny than being funny.

There's laughter funny and there's remarkable curious funny.

The latter is in the realm of Wonder.

O/

Irony is the realm of poets.

What's ironic can be worth laughing about, so poets and comedians get along well as a rule.

Irony is the display of the power of language. That words have to have agreed upon definitions to be of any value, yet they can mean something more, or something else, is the ultimate act of irony.

We grow; we evolve and so does our language. That we depend so much on something for our survival that is transitory by design is irony manifest.

Academic words at dawn... the sunrise loves to shine on cake frosted trees.

I'd rather write about deserts than the function of Irony, but my craft is an endangered species due to the misunderstanding of its necessity.

Every single word hopes to mean more.

Did you know?

Love is always looking for definition.

That one you're familiar with.

But all language is like that; it grows with the times.

Even Scientific theories adapt and grow.

Newton lives in a new town since Einstein came around. New words gave new definitions to old words and changed his zip code.

The work of poets. What both Newton and Einstein did was to use the language of Science to commit acts of Poetry. E = mc² is using old words to shape and share a new dream. Also known as: Poetry.

The practical use of poetry is easy to see in a word like Freedom.

Our agreed upon definition needs an update.

At least a reminder.

Going to enjoy the view.

Take care and make a wonderful day.