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

Avon

River
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

A river name of Celtic origin meaning "river," used for several rivers in Britain, notably associated with Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon.

Detailed Definition
The River Avon appears frequently in British poetry due to its pastoral beauty and cultural resonance, especially through its connection to William Shakespeare. Multiple rivers bear this name—most prominently the Warwickshire Avon—but all share a lyrical connotation derived from the Celtic root for “river,” making the name itself poetic. Its gentle meanders and historic towns inspire themes of tranquility, heritage, and creative muse in verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespeare’s “Avon” appears metonymically for Stratford-upon-Avon and thus for the poet’s origins; Romantic poets like Keats refer to “Avon’s shade” to invoke Shakespearean genius; The Avon features in regional English verse as a gentle emblem of Warwickshire’s pastoral harmony; Contemporary poets use “Avon” to meditate on literary legacy and place-based inspiration; Avon’s association with swans and weeping willows makes it a natural symbol of poetic grace; In eco-critical poetry, the Avon serves as a case study for river conservation and heritage.
Additional Notes
“Avon” is a Celtic tautonym meaning “river,” applied to several British rivers—most famously the one flowing through Stratford-upon-Avon—making it a metonym for Shakespeare himself; poets use “Avon” to invoke literary lineage, English pastoralism, or the confluence of nature and genius; its recurring presence across regions (e.g., Bristol Avon, Warwickshire Avon) also invites comparative or layered geographic readings in verse.
Also Known As
River Avon Warwickshire Avon Bristol Avon Upper Avon
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