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.

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 C

Canopic Jar

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

Containers used to store the internal organs of the deceased during mummification

Detailed Definition
Canopic Jars were protected by the Four Sons of Horus and placed in tombs to preserve the body for the afterlife. Each jar held a specific organ. In poetry, they symbolize preservation, the sacredness of the body, and the meticulous care taken to ensure eternal life—often used in reflections on mortality, ritual, and the integrity of the self.
Example
Example in poetry:
Canopic Jar, holding liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines; Poets describe Canopic Jars guarded by the Four Sons of Horus; Each jar is shaped like a god: Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef; In burial rites, priests anointed jars with sacred oils; Canopic Jars ensured the body’s wholeness for resurrection; Verse likens them to vessels of memory, holding life’s essence.
Additional Notes
Canopic Jars were containers for the preserved viscera of the deceased, each guarded by one of the Four Sons of Horus—these jars symbolize bodily integrity in death and divine protection, useful in poetry for themes of preservation, fragmentation, or sacred vessels.
Also Known As
Canopic Vessel Canopic Chest
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