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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

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.

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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Blood Clot Boy

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

A Blackfoot mythological hero born from a blood clot, famed for defeating monstrous beings and restoring balance to his people.

Detailed Definition
Blood Clot Boy is a Blackfoot culture hero who emerges from a buffalo blood clot to defeat greedy giants and restore balance. His story emphasizes justice, resourcefulness, and the sacredness of bison. In literature, he represents indigenous heroism and ecological reciprocity. Poets use him to explore themes of miraculous birth, moral clarity, and resistance against exploitation, linking myth to contemporary social justice.
Example
Example in poetry:
Blood Clot Boy, the Blackfoot hero born from a clot of blood, emerges in poetry as justice incarnate—swift and unrelenting; A poem portrays him slaying greed disguised as a buffalo that hoards the herd; Poets use Blood Clot Boy to critique systemic inequality: “He cuts the clot of corruption choking the river”; In healing verse, his origin symbolizes how trauma can birth protectors; His journey becomes an allegory for youth rising against violence in their communities.
Additional Notes
Blood Clot Boy is a hero in Blackfoot and other Plains tribes’ stories, born from a clot of blood and tasked with defeating monsters; he symbolizes justice, renewal, and the triumph of the marginalized—his origin echoes themes of resurrection and identity, useful in poetry, but students must respect the sacredness of his narrative in oral tradition.
Also Known As
Blood-Clot Boy
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