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 D

Debility

Medical Terms
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 state of physical weakness or reduced vitality due to illness or ageing. In poetry it often symbolises frailty and the decline of strength.

Detailed Definition
Debility refers to diminished physical strength or endurance caused by disease, fatigue, or advancing age. Historically it was a common diagnosis for conditions that weakened the body without a clearly defined cause. Literary references to debility often emphasise the gradual loss of vigour that accompanies prolonged illness or hardship. Poets may use the term to express the fading of physical power, reflecting on the contrast between youthful energy and the inevitable weakening of the body over time.
Example
Example in poetry:
Old age brought a gradual debility to his limbs; The poet wrote of the debility following a long fever; Mental debility can follow severe trauma or shock; She struggled against the debility of her chronic illness; The empire fell into debility before the final collapse; Debility is often personified as a creeping shadow.
Additional Notes
Debility refers to weakness or loss of physical strength caused by illness or age. In poetry the term often symbolises human frailty and the gradual decline of vitality. Writers may use debility to contrast youthful energy with the weakness of later life. The concept frequently appears in reflective or philosophical verse about mortality. Debility can also represent social exhaustion or spiritual fatigue, expanding its meaning beyond simple physical illness.
Also Known As
Weakness Feebleness Physical Debility
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