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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 C

carom

Games
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

Carom is a cue sport played on a pocketless table, involving the striking of both object balls with the cue ball.

Detailed Definition
Carom enters poetry as a pure emblem of the consecutive contact and the geometry of the rebound. In verse it symbolizes the unbroken chain of hits. Poets use carom to explore themes of the successive touch, the cushion's role, and the cultural refinement of the game that demands continuous precision without the escape of the pocket.
Example
Example in poetry:
Carom’s successive contacts without pockets appear in poems of pure rebound and consequence; The cue sport becomes a figure for influences that continue forever; “The carom carried the thought from cushion to cushion without rest” demonstrates unbroken effect; Educational examples show the game as the art of the indirect stroke; Poets use carom when every action must strike at least two further objects.
Additional Notes
Carom’s successive contacts without pockets turn the table into a field of pure repercussion. The game’s refusal of final capture makes it an ideal emblem of influence that continues indefinitely. Instructors can contrast carom with pocket billiards to clarify different models of completion. Related cue sports include English billiards and three-cushion. The image is especially useful when a poet wishes to stage consequence without resolution.
Also Known As
carambole carom billiards
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