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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Biliousness

Medical Terms
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 condition historically associated with excess bile, causing nausea, irritability, or digestive distress. In poetry it may represent physical discomfort or a sour temperament.

Detailed Definition
Biliousness stems from ancient humoral theory, which held that the body’s health depended on the balance of bodily fluids, including bile. Excess bile was believed to produce irritability, digestive complaints, and a sallow complexion. In literature the word often describes both bodily discomfort and a gloomy or irritable mood. Poets sometimes employ biliousness to evoke the unpleasant physical effects of illness or to characterise a temperament coloured by bitterness, reflecting the old belief that emotions and bodily humours were deeply connected.
Example
Example in poetry:
Her mood was marked by a dark and bitter biliousness; The poet attributed his cynicism to chronic biliousness; Biliousness colored his view of the springtime flowers; They spoke of the biliousness of the summer heat; A fit of biliousness kept him from the festive gathering; The character's biliousness reflected his corrupted soul.
Additional Notes
Biliousness comes from historical medical theories about bodily humours, where excess bile was thought to produce irritability and digestive discomfort. In poetry the term often represents ill temper, bitterness, or sour disposition. Writers sometimes use it humorously to mock gloomy or complaining characters. It also appears metaphorically to describe landscapes, politics, or moods coloured by resentment or unpleasantness. Understanding humour theory helps students appreciate how older literature linked emotional temperament with physical bodily fluids.
Also Known As
Bilious Disorder Bilious Attack Liver Complaint Bilious Condition
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