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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Creation

World Religion
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

The divine act of bringing the universe into existence, a central doctrine in most world religions.

Detailed Definition
The narrative of creation, from the Genesis account to the Hiranyagarbha of the Rigveda, is a primary source of poetic imagery. It speaks to the wonder of existence, the goodness of the material world, and the power and wisdom of the creator. Poets draw on creation myths to explore themes of origin, order emerging from chaos, the divine word (Logos) as creative force, and the inherent sacredness of nature. The act of poetic creation is often seen as a mirror or participation in the divine act of creation.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Genesis-inspired poetry, Creation begins with Word: “Let there be—light leaps from the tongue of God”; In Hindu verse, Creation emerges from Aum’s vibration: “The cosmos hums the note that never ends”; In Indigenous poetry, Creation is ongoing: “The earth is still being sung into being”; Contemporary eco-poets see Creation as co-creative: “We are not owners, but participants in Creation’s dance.”
Additional Notes
Creation narratives vary: ex nihilo (Judaism/Christianity/Islam), cyclical emanation (Hinduism), or cosmic sacrifice (Purusha Sukta); all affirm order emerging from chaos and humanity’s sacred role; poets draw on creation motifs to explore origins, ecological responsibility, and the ongoing act of co-creation through art and word.
Also Known As
Cosmogony
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