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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Cupola

Architecture
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 dome-like structure crowning a roof. In poetry, it suggests a lookout, a final flourish, or a small elevated chamber of vision.

Detailed Definition
A cupola rises above the main roofline, often admitting light or offering a place from which to observe the surrounding world. Poets can use it as an image for perspective gained after enclosure, or for a delicate ornamental ambition placed atop heavier structures. Its scale makes it less monumental than a dome and more intimate in effect. In a poem, a cupola may shelter a solitary watcher, catch the last light of day, or symbolize a fragile clarity above confusion and routine.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The cupola caught the last light and held it like a lantern” uses the small dome as a focal point; A cupola atop a barn can make a rural landscape seem watchful and dignified; The poet uses a cupola's windows to suggest vision, surveillance, or a desire to look outward; A final elevated image in a poem can function like a cupola, giving the scene a small crowning detail
Additional Notes
A cupola is smaller than a dome and often sits at a building’s highest point, where it may provide light, ventilation, or a view. Poetically, it can represent a final observation point or a small moment of clarity above larger structures. Its scale makes it suited to precise, intimate elevation rather than grandeur.
Also Known As
Lantern Domelet Dome
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