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.

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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Atum the Finisher

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

The aspect of Atum as the god who completes the cycle of creation at sunset

Detailed Definition
As Finisher, Atum absorbs all creation back into himself at day’s end, preparing for renewal. He represents closure, fulfillment, and the return to primordial stillness. In poetry, he symbolizes peaceful dissolution, the wisdom of endings, and the assurance that all things return to their source—frequently in elegies or twilight reflections.
Example
Example in poetry:
Atum the Finisher, who gathers creation back into himself at time’s end; Poets imagine Atum the Finisher sitting alone in primordial stillness; The Finisher’s name reminds us that all cycles return to unity; In eschatological hymns, Atum dissolves gods and stars into Nun; Atum the Finisher ensures that chaos and order are one; Verse uses Atum to contemplate mortality and cosmic return.
Additional Notes
Atum the Finisher refers to his role as the evening sun and the god who completes the cycle of creation; he absorbs all things back into himself at the end of time—this makes him a powerful symbol in poetry for closure, dissolution, or the unity of beginning and end.
Also Known As
Atum the Completer Atum the Finisher of Creation
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