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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cad

Archaic 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

cad: A man who behaves dishonorably, especially toward women, lacking chivalry or moral principles, a term from 19th-century literature used to denote a scoundrel or bounder.

Detailed Definition
The cad gained prominence in nineteenth-century literature as a figure of moral failure and social breach. In poetry, it often signals betrayal of romantic or social codes, contrasting with ideals of gentlemanly conduct. Poets used the term to articulate ethical boundaries, particularly around trust, respect, and emotional responsibility in relationships.
Example
Example in poetry:
She names him cad for breaking vows as lightly as he broke her trust; The cad appears where love is promised cheap and paid in pain; Victorian verse condemns the cad who feeds on honour’s shell; The poet’s cad smiles smooth while wrecking hearts unseen
Additional Notes
Cad is a relatively late archaic term, prominent in nineteenth-century moral discourse. In poetry, it signals breaches of social and romantic ethics, especially betrayal or exploitation of women. The term assumes shared moral standards, making it useful for analysing Victorian attitudes toward honour and gender. Unlike rake, cad lacks glamour and implies cowardice rather than charm.
Also Known As
Bounder Blackleg Rat
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