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

Cupboard

Household Objects
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 cabinet for storing dishes, food, or household supplies. It can suggest concealment, provision, and the private order of home.

Detailed Definition
A cupboard is an enclosed cabinet, usually fitted with shelves and doors, where a household keeps dishes, preserves, linens, or dry goods. In poems, opening its doors can reveal scarcity or abundance: chipped plates, jars of fruit, a hidden bottle, or carefully folded cloth. Its dark interior makes it a useful emblem of stored memory, family custom, and the secrets held within ordinary rooms.
Example
Example in poetry:
The cupboard holds chipped plates and jars, preserving the visible history of family meals; A poet can make the cupboard door creak each time the speaker reaches for something familiar; An empty cupboard is a direct but resonant image of poverty, hunger, or abandonment; The speaker discovers a hidden photograph behind the tea tins in the cupboard, turning storage into revelation
Additional Notes
A cupboard can hold both practical supplies and concealed history. Opening it in a poem may reveal abundance, scarcity, secrets, family habits, or the carefully arranged order of home.
Other Meanings of “Cupboard”
Also Known As
Cabinet Press
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