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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

Home › Glossary › Letter C

Cyclone

Winds
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

Cyclone is a large-scale air mass that rotates around a low-pressure centre, featuring strong winds and heavy rain, known as hurricane in the Atlantic and typhoon in the Pacific.

Detailed Definition
Cyclones are massive meteorological systems that can span thousands of kilometres, driving storm surges and torrential rains. They are named and tracked with precision. In literature, the cyclone represents overwhelming, inescapable forces—social upheaval, psychological breakdown, or cosmic indifference. Poets use its spiralling form to evoke chaos, the centre of calm, and the paradox of destruction and renewal. Its immense scale dwarfs human agency, making it a favourite for apocalyptic or epic verse, where the storm becomes a character in its own right.
Example
Example in poetry:
Cyclone|Cyclone is a large-scale air mass that rotates around a low-pressure centre, featuring strong winds and heavy rain, known as hurricane in the Atlantic and typhoon in the Pacific.|Cyclones are massive meteorological systems that can span thousands of kilometres, driving storm surges and torrential rains. In literature, the cyclone represents overwhelming, inescapable forces—social upheaval, psychological breakdown, or cosmic indifference. Poets use its spiralling form to evoke chaos, the centre of calm, and the paradox of destruction and renewal. Its immense scale dwarfs human agency, making it a favourite for apocalyptic or epic verse, where the storm becomes a character in its own right.;
Additional Notes
The cyclone is a massive, rotating air mass that forms around a low-pressure center, featuring strong winds and heavy rain. In the Atlantic, it is known as a hurricane; in the Pacific, a typhoon. Cyclones are among the most powerful meteorological phenomena, spanning thousands of kilometers and driving storm surges and torrential rains. In literature, the cyclone represents overwhelming, inescapable forces—social upheaval, psychological breakdown, or cosmic indifference. Poets use its spiraling form to evoke chaos, the deceptive calm at the center, and the paradox of destruction and renewal. Its immense scale dwarfs human agency, making it a favorite for apocalyptic or epic verse, where the storm becomes a character in its own right. When writing about a cyclone, emphasize its vastness, its slow but relentless movement, and the awe it inspires. The cyclone is a force of nature that cannot be stopped, only survived, a symbol of the sublime power that governs the world and the fragility of human constructs in its path.
Also Known As
tempest
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