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 B

Bhumi

World Religion
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 Hindu earth goddess, personification of the planet Earth, often depicted as a cow or woman emerging from the soil.

Detailed Definition
Bhumi Devi symbolizes fertility, patience, and the nurturing yet enduring nature of the earth. In myth, she appeals to Vishnu for relief from human greed and violence, leading to his avatars like Varaha (boar) who rescue her from the cosmic ocean. In poetry, she represents both abundance and vulnerability—celebrated in agrarian verses and lamented in texts addressing ecological or moral imbalance. Her association with the cow links her to non-violence and sustenance. Poets use her to evoke themes of stewardship, gratitude, and the sacred bond between humanity and the natural world, often portraying her as a silent witness to human folly and grace.
Example
Example in poetry:
In a creation hymn, Bhumi is “the mother who feeds rebels and saints with equal soil”; A climate lament: “Bhumi weeps plastic tears—will we hear her before she turns to dust?”; A diasporic line: “Bhumi is the only homeland that never asks for papers”; A devotional plea: “Bhumi Devi, forgive our concrete kisses.”
Additional Notes
Bhumi Devi, the Earth goddess, appears in myths pleading for relief from demonic oppression, prompting Vishnu’s Varaha (boar) avatar to lift her from the cosmic ocean. She symbolizes fertility, patience, and ecological balance. In iconography, she emerges from the ground, often touching Vishnu’s feet in gratitude. Contemporary eco-theology invokes Bhumi as a call for environmental stewardship. In poetry, she appears as a silent witness to human folly or as a nurturing mother—offering metaphors for land, belonging, and sustainability in literary and activist discourse.
Also Known As
Prithvi Bhudevi
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