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.

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.

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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Astrological poetry

Astrology
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

Poetry that incorporates astrological symbols, themes, or structures to explore fate, identity, and cosmic order.

Detailed Definition
Astrological poetry: A tradition from Ptolemy to Yeats, it weaves zodiac signs, planets, and aspects into verse. Such poetry uses astrology as metaphor, structure, or oracle—mapping inner life onto stars. It explores destiny vs. free will, seasonal cycles, and the soul’s journey. Contemporary astrological poetry often blends personal narrative with cosmic symbolism, reclaiming ancient wisdom in a secular age through lyrical divination.
Example
Example in poetry:
Astrological poetry blends myth, astronomy, and personal symbolism, as seen in W. B. Yeats’ “A Vision”; In “The Planets,” Rebecca Elson merges scientific precision with lyrical meditation on cosmic meaning; Poets like Dane Rudhyar used astrological poetry to explore archetypal psychology; Contemporary poets write zodiacal sonnets where each sign embodies a human emotion or stage of life; Astrological poetry often uses planetary transits as metaphors for emotional shifts; This genre transforms ephemerides into elegies and conjunctions into love poems.
Additional Notes
Astrological poetry integrates zodiac signs, planets, houses, and aspects into lyrical or narrative form to explore fate, identity, and cosmic connection. Key practitioners include W. B. Yeats (“A Vision”), Sylvia Plath, and contemporary poets like Anne Waldman. This genre treats the natal chart as a symbolic map of the soul. Useful techniques: personifying planets, using transits as structural devices, or mapping stanzas to houses. It bridges myth, psychology, and astronomy.
Also Known As
Zodiacal poetry Celestial verse Astro-poetry
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