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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Delphi

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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 ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, famed for its oracle; a poetic symbol of prophecy, ambiguity, and divine revelation.

Detailed Definition
Delphi was considered the center of the world in Greek religion, where the Pythia delivered cryptic prophecies inspired by Apollo. It symbolized divine wisdom, ambiguity, and fate. Poets frequently reference Delphi to explore themes of knowledge, uncertainty, and the limits of human foresight—often using the oracle’s riddles as metaphors for life’s inscrutable paths.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Pindar’s Pythian Odes, Delphi is hymned as the navel of the world and seat of Apollo; Lord Byron’s “Childe Harold” laments Delphi’s ruined oracle and lost inspiration; In W.B. Yeats’ “Leda and the Swan,” Delphi’s silence follows divine violence; Modern poets use Delphi to explore the ambiguity of prophecy and truth; In eco-poetry, Delphi’s mountain setting symbolizes harmony between nature and the divine.
Additional Notes
Delphi was the sanctuary of Apollo and home of the Oracle, considered the “navel of the world.” In Pindar’s odes and Greek tragedy, it symbolizes divine will, ambiguity, and fate. Romantic poets lament its silence as emblematic of lost inspiration. In modern poetry, Delphi represents the search for truth amid uncertainty. Students should note its association with the Pythia, omphalos stone, and the maxim “Know thyself.”
Also Known As
Navel of the Earth Sanctuary of Apollo Oracle’s Seat Pythian Grove Pytho Pythia
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