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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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Doctor

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

Doctor is a colloquial name for a cooling sea breeze that provides relief from intense heat, most famously the "Fremantle Doctor" in Western Australia.

Detailed Definition
The "Fremantle Doctor" arrives each summer afternoon in Perth, bringing a welcome drop in temperature after scorching days. This wind is personified as a healer, a saviour from oppressive heat. Australian poets and local verse celebrate it as a living presence, a restorative force that lifts spirits and rejuvenates the land. Its regularity offers a counterpoint to the wilder, destructive winds, symbolising hope, routine, and nature's balancing act. The doctor also appears in medical and metaphorical contexts as a purgative for stagnation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Doctor|Doctor is a colloquial name for a cooling sea breeze that provides relief from intense heat, most famously the "Fremantle Doctor" in Western Australia.|The "Fremantle Doctor" arrives each summer afternoon in Perth, bringing a welcome drop in temperature after scorching days. This wind is personified as a healer, a saviour from oppressive heat. Australian poets and local verse celebrate it as a living presence, a restorative force that lifts spirits and rejuvenates the land. Its regularity offers a counterpoint to the wilder, destructive winds, symbolising hope, routine, and nature's balancing act. The doctor also appears in medical and metaphorical contexts as a purgative for stagnation.;
Additional Notes
The "Doctor" is a colloquial name for a cooling sea breeze that provides relief from intense heat, most famously the "Fremantle Doctor" in Western Australia. This wind arrives each summer afternoon in Perth, bringing a welcome drop in temperature after scorching days. It is personified as a healer, a saviour from oppressive heat, and a living presence that lifts spirits and rejuvenates the land. Australian poets and local verse celebrate its regularity and reliability, offering a counterpoint to the wilder, destructive winds of the continent. The Doctor symbolizes hope, routine, and nature's balancing act, a force that restores comfort and sanity. In a metaphorical sense, it can appear as a purgative for stagnation, a wind that clears the mind and refreshes the spirit. When writing about the Doctor, emphasize its predictability and its role as a benevolent, almost paternal figure—a dependable source of relief that makes life in a harsh climate bearable, a gentle hand that restores balance after the intensity of the day.
Also Known As
Fremantle Doctor physician
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