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

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androgynous

Adjective
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

Having characteristics of both male and female; gender-ambiguous in expression or form.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, this term describes verse that deliberately avoids gender markers or maintains gender ambiguity in its speaker, subject, or addressee. Such poetry may use neutral pronouns, avoid gendered language entirely, or present personas whose gender remains intentionally unspecified. This approach can serve various purposes including creating universal appeal, exploring non-binary identity, allowing readers of any gender to identify with the speaker, or reflecting philosophical positions that transcend traditional gender categories. Increasingly common in contemporary poetry as writers engage with evolving understandings of gender and identity beyond binary classifications.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poetry or verse forms using neutral pronouns or addressing universal human experience without gender specification; A speaker or subject whose gender remains deliberately ambiguous in the poem; Verses that avoid gendered language to be inclusive of all readers; Poetry where the persona transcends traditional gender categories
Additional Notes
In poetry, this describes works that deliberately avoid gender markers or maintain gender ambiguity. Increasingly common in contemporary poetry as writers explore identity beyond binary categories. Can refer to the speaker, subject, or grammatical approach. Useful for creating universal appeal or exploring non-binary perspectives. Related to inclusive language practices in modern verse.
Also Known As
gender-neutral non-binary verse ungendered poetry gender-ambiguous Epicene
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