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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Bartholomew

Biblical
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

One of the twelve apostles, traditionally identified with Nathanael, praised in the Gospel of John for his guileless character.

Detailed Definition
Bartholomew, listed among the Twelve, may be Nathanael whom Jesus called “an Israelite indeed.” Tradition holds he preached in India and Armenia. In poetry, Bartholomew represents guileless faith, the seeker who recognizes Christ without pretense, and the quiet integrity that undergirds apostolic witness—often symbolizing the transparency that invites divine revelation.
Example
Example in poetry:
In John Milton’s "Paradise Lost," Bartholomew (Nathanael) is part of the apostolic foundation; In George Herbert’s "The Church-porch," Bartholomew’s guilelessness (John 1:47) models integrity; In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "The Seraphim," Bartholomew’s martyrdom symbolizes witness; In John Keble’s "The Christian Year," Bartholomew represents the apostle without deceit; In Christina Rossetti’s "Later Life," Bartholomew’s simplicity inspires; In T.S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets," Bartholomew’s faith under the fig tree prefigures revelation.
Additional Notes
Bartholomew: Apostle, likely Nathanael (John 1:45–51); known for initial skepticism (“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”). In poetry, Bartholomew represents honest doubt transformed into confession (“Rabbi, you are the Son of God”). His guilelessness (John 1:47) is a virtue—useful in poems on authenticity, revelation, or the journey from skepticism to faith. Tradition holds he was martyred—adds weight to witness.
Also Known As
Bartholomew the Apostle Nathanael
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