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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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chaplet

Apparel
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 wreath or garland for the head, often made of flowers, leaves, or precious metal, appearing in poetry as a symbol of honor, festivity, and the transient beauty of youth.

Detailed Definition
The chaplet is a lighter, more pastoral alternative to the crown, its organic materials linking it to nature, the changing seasons, and the fleetingness of earthly glory. In classical pastoral poetry, shepherds and nymphs wear chaplets of laurel, myrtle, or roses, and the chaplet is often given as a prize in singing contests or as a love token. In religious poetry, the chaplet can refer to a rosary-like prayer, but in the apparel sense, it is a crown of flowers. Poets use the chaplet to evoke innocence, celebration, and the idyllic world before fall and winter. Its wilting is a poignant image of decay and mortality, making it a favorite in elegiac and memento mori verse. The act of weaving a chaplet is itself a poetic act, a labor of love and artistry.
Example
Example in poetry:
"She twined a chaplet round her hair; 'Twill blossom, though it bloom not yet'" ("The Chaplet"); "Vineleaf and rose I would my chaplet make: I would my word were wine for all men's sake" (Helen Gray Cone); "A chaplet for me, dear, of all my favorite flowers" ("A Chaplet of Flowers"); "This is a warm chaplet against the rain" (Chris Murray); "The maiden's chaplet of wild roses faded before the evening bell"; "He wove a chaplet of laurel for the poet who had won the contest"
Additional Notes
The chaplet is a lighter, more pastoral alternative to the crown, its organic materials linking it to nature, the changing seasons, and the fleetingness of earthly glory. In classical pastoral poetry, shepherds and nymphs wear chaplets of laurel, myrtle, or roses, and the chaplet is often given as a prize in singing contests or as a love token. In religious poetry, the chaplet can refer to a rosary-like prayer, but in the apparel sense, it is a crown of flowers. Poets use the chaplet to evoke innocence, celebration, and the idyllic world before fall and winter. Its wilting is a poignant image of decay and mortality, making it a favorite in elegiac and memento mori verse. The act of weaving a chaplet is itself a poetic act, a labor of love and artistry. Related terms include garland, wreath, and coronet. Students should note the chaplet's specific association with youthful, pastoral, or festive contexts, and how its perishable materials make it a natural emblem for carpe diem themes.
Also Known As
floral wreath bead circlet small garland Rosary
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