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

Broth

Food And Drink
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 thin soup made by simmering food in water. It suggests comfort, frugality, illness, or household care.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, broth is often a humble emblem of tenderness offered in difficult circumstances. Its steam, salt, and warmth can make an intimate scene of convalescence, winter poverty, or a family kitchen. Unlike a splendid feast, broth emphasizes what can be made from scraps and patience. Poets may therefore use it to honor resourcefulness, maternal care, and the small rituals through which people preserve one another.
Example
Example in poetry:
Broth can create an intimate household scene because it is simple food associated with care during illness; A poet might write, “Grandmother stirred broth until the kitchen smelled of thyme and rain,” using sensory detail to build memory; In a hardship poem, thin broth can reveal poverty without directly explaining it; A bowl of broth offered to a stranger can symbolize mercy and communal survival
Additional Notes
Broth is a clear, savory liquid made by simmering meat, vegetables, or bones; unlike a thicker soup, it often suggests simplicity and nourishment. In poetry it suits domestic scenes of sickness, poverty, recovery, winter, or quiet care, but it can also evoke scarcity through its thinness. Attend to sensory details such as steam, salt, smell, and warmth. Contrast broth’s humble intimacy with feast imagery, which may signal abundance or ceremony.
Also Known As
Stock Bouillon
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