A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter A

Aí

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An obscure figure possibly linked to early Irish myth or poetic tradition

Detailed Definition
Aí appears in fragmentary sources, possibly as a minor deity or ancestral figure. Due to limited records, Aí remains enigmatic. In poetic contexts, such figures serve as placeholders for lost lore, symbolizing the fragmented nature of cultural memory and the mystery of pre-Christian Irish belief.
Example
Example in poetry:
Aí is a poetic term in Irish meaning “poem” or “satire”; In early bardic tradition, aí could bless or curse through metrical power; The phrase “aí gairid” refers to a short, sharp satirical verse; Mastery of aí was essential for filid (poet-seers) in medieval Ireland; Aí demonstrates the belief that words shape reality in Celtic culture; Modern poets study aí to understand the performative force of ancient verse.
Additional Notes
Aí is an Old Irish term for “poem,” “satire,” or “eulogy,” reflecting the dual power of verse to bless or curse. In bardic tradition, a well-crafted aí could confer honor or bring social ruin—highlighting the performative and ethical weight of poetry. Students should understand that aí was not merely aesthetic but functional within Gaelic legal and social systems. Mastery of aí was required of the filid (high-ranking poets), and its metrical precision carried real-world consequences. Modern poets can draw on this concept to explore poetry’s civic role and the responsibility of the speaker.
Other Meanings of “Aí”
Also Known As
Sacred Poem Satirical Verse Bardic Utterance The Poet’s Spell
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