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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Braided tale

Structure
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 narrative poem interweaving multiple storylines or perspectives in alternating strands

Detailed Definition
A braided tale is a narrative poetic structure that interweaves multiple storylines, perspectives, voices, or temporal layers into a single cohesive work, with stanzas or sections alternating between distinct threads that gradually converge or comment on one another. This technique mirrors the complexity of memory, trauma, history, or collective experience, allowing the poet to explore multifaceted realities without privileging a single viewpoint. Successful braided tales maintain clear differentiation between strands while building thematic unity through recurring motifs, images, or emotional arcs, making the form ideal for long poems addressing social, ecological, or psychological interconnectedness.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem interweaving three timelines: childhood, war, and old age in alternating stanzas; Narrative braiding myth of Icarus with immigrant journey and astronaut’s diary; Tale alternating between a mother’s letters, daughter’s journal, and news headlines; Story told through three voices: ghost, historian, and child, each stanza shifting perspective; Poem weaving ecological collapse, personal grief, and ancestral memory into one tapestry
Additional Notes
A braided tale interweaves multiple narrative threads—such as different voices, timelines, or perspectives—into a single poetic structure, with stanzas alternating between strands. This technique mirrors complex realities like memory, trauma, or collective history. To succeed, each strand must be distinct yet thematically linked, and transitions should feel organic. Useful for long-form or sequence-based poetry exploring multifaceted experiences.
Also Known As
Narrative braiding woven tale
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