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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Carmel

Historical Location
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 coastal mountain range in Israel, site of Elijah’s contest with the prophets of Baal

Detailed Definition
Mount Carmel is famed in 1 Kings 18 as the place where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal, proving Yahweh’s supremacy. Its lush greenery contrasts with surrounding aridity, symbolizing divine favor. In poetry, Carmel represents prophetic courage, spiritual clarity, and the triumph of truth. It also appears in romantic verse as a natural sanctuary of beauty and retreat.
Example
Example in poetry:
In 1 Kings 18, Carmel is the dramatic site of Elijah’s poetic showdown with Baal’s prophets; The Song of Solomon (7:5) compares the beloved’s head to “Carmel,” evoking lush beauty; In modern Hebrew poetry, Mount Carmel symbolizes natural majesty and national resilience; Eco-poets reference Carmel’s biodiversity as sacred creation; Liturgical verse uses Carmel to signify divine presence in nature.
Additional Notes
Carmel is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel, famed for its fertility and as the site of Elijah’s contest with Baal’s prophets (1 Kings 18). In the Song of Solomon (7:5), it symbolizes beauty and lushness. In poetry, Carmel often represents divine presence in nature, prophetic courage, or ecological abundance. Modern Hebrew poets (e.g., Shaul Tchernichovsky) celebrate it as a national symbol. Eco-poets may reference its biodiversity and vulnerability to development or fire.
Other Meanings of “Carmel”
Also Known As
Mount Carmel Garden of God Prophet’s Mountain Forest of Elijah
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