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

Armistice

Military
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 armistice is a formal agreement between warring parties to cease hostilities, often preceding a full peace treaty.

Detailed Definition
The armistice marks a liminal moment in war poetry, the fragile pause between violence and uncertain peace, most famously associated with the November 1918 armistice ending the First World War. Poets have used the armistice to explore complex emotions of relief mixed with grief, as survivors confront the aftermath of loss even as guns fall silent. The term captures war's incomplete resolution, since trauma and mourning persist long after fighting ends.
Example
Example in poetry:
Wilfred Owen's contemporaries wrote of the 1918 armistice with mixed relief and sorrow for the dead who did not live to see it; A poem might describe church bells ringing at the armistice while survivors stand silently, unable to celebrate; Poets use "armistice" to mark the uneasy space between war and true peace; Verse commemorating November 11th often centers on the armistice as a moment of collective mourning; A poem could juxtapose armistice celebrations in cities with quiet grief in soldiers' homes; The term appears in poetry examining how armistice does not erase trauma, only halts violence.
Additional Notes
An armistice is a formal agreement between warring parties to cease hostilities, often preceding a full peace treaty. Unlike a surrender, an armistice is a mutual agreement that may or may not include territorial concessions or prisoner exchanges. The most famous armistice in modern history is the Armistice of November 11, 1918, which ended World War I at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month—a moment that has become deeply embedded in poetic tradition. An armistice may be temporary or indefinite; the Korean Armistice of 1953 remains in effect today without a formal peace treaty. In poetry, the armistice often represents the fragile hope for peace, the exhaustion of war, and the bittersweet moment when soldiers can finally stop fighting. The term carries connotations of relief, uncertainty, and the uneasy quiet before permanent peace or renewed conflict.
Also Known As
Truce Ceasefire Peace Agreement Halt Suspension of Hostilities Cessation
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