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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

Amon

Biblical
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

Wicked king of Judah who revived idolatry after his father’s reforms

Detailed Definition
Son of Manasseh, Amon reinstated pagan worship and was assassinated after two years. His brief reign epitomized moral regression. In poetry, Amon serves as a cautionary figure of inherited sin, the brevity of evil rule, and the urgency of repentance.
Example
Example in poetry:
In John Milton’s "Paradise Lost," Amon’s idolatry (2 Kings 21) exemplifies Judah’s apostasy; In William Cowper’s hymns, Amon’s brief, wicked reign warns against generational sin; In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "The Drama of Exile," Amon symbolizes the consequences of rejecting reform; In George Herbert’s "The Church-porch," Amon’s fate illustrates the wages of idolatry; In John Keble’s "Lyra Apostolica," Amon’s story underscores the need for faithful leadership; In Christina Rossetti’s devotional verse, Amon’s darkness contrasts with Christ’s light.
Additional Notes
Amon: King of Judah who “did evil” and was assassinated after two years (2 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 33). His brief, wicked reign contrasts with his repentant father Manasseh. In poetry, Amon symbolizes the rapid descent into idolatry and the consequences of rejecting ancestral warnings. His murder by servants and burial in his father’s tomb add layers of familial and political tragedy—ideal for concise, tragic vignettes.
Also Known As
Amon king of Judah Amon son of Manasseh Amun
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