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

Home › Glossary › Letter C

Cot

Noun
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 small bed or a simple shelter, often used in a domestic context.

Detailed Definition
A cot typically refers to a small bed, often for children or for use in simple living conditions. In the poem, the cot symbolizes the speaker's modest lifestyle, contrasting with grand ambitions and desires. It represents comfort and contentment found in love rather than material wealth.
Example
Example in poetry:
"In my Cot, tho' small's my store" from Burns-inspired simplicity; enhanced: "In my Cot, tho' small's my store, I on pleasure's lap recline, content with humble grace"; Wordsworth: "The shepherd's cot nestled in the vale"; contemporary: "Modern cot by the sea, waves whispering ancient tales"; educational: "Cot denotes modest dwelling in Romantic odes to rural life"; "Tho' storms rage, my cot stands firm in verse."
Additional Notes
The speaker's cot signifies a humble yet fulfilling life, as indicated by the line 'In my Cot, tho' small's my store,' which emphasizes simplicity.; Found in the poem, In My Cot, Tho' Small's My Store by Amelia Alderson Opie
Also Known As
cot variant humble bedstead rustic cradle simple pallet Cradle
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