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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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Clout

Craft 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

Clout is the impact a concentrated poetic choice gives to a line, image, or ending.

Detailed Definition
Clout is the force that makes a passage land with more consequence than its verbal size might suggest. It can come from exact diction, withheld context, rhythmic compression, or a reversal that reorders earlier details. A poem gains clout when its strongest moments are earned by the surrounding structure rather than shouted into existence. During revision, the poet may increase clout by removing cushioning explanation, though too much pressure can make a line emphatic instead of resonant.
Example
Example in poetry:
Clout can mean influence, as in a speaker whose words carry clout in the town; In older usage, clout can mean a piece of cloth, making it useful in poems about mending or poverty; “He struck the drum with clout” uses the word for forceful impact; A poet can create clout through plain diction, authoritative rhythm, and a confident dramatic voice.
Additional Notes
Clout is the force or consequence produced by a concentrated choice. A precise verb, unexpected image, withheld explanation, or strongly placed final line can give a poem clout. It is not simply loudness; quiet understatement may have great impact when supported by context and timing. When revising, identify the poem’s pressure points and remove competing details that dilute them.
Also Known As
Nail Small Nail
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