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 E

Eagle

Birds
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 powerful bird of prey symbolizing strength, vision, and national pride.

Detailed Definition
The eagle soars as a regal emblem in poetry across cultures—from Zeus’s companion in Greek myth to the U.S. national symbol. Poets use it to convey majesty, freedom, and spiritual elevation, often linking its keen sight to prophetic insight or moral clarity. In Romantic and patriotic verse, the eagle embodies untamed nature and heroic aspiration, though modern ecopoetry may critique its co-option as a symbol of dominance.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Eagle,” Alfred Lord Tennyson depicts the bird “close to the sun in lonely lands,” symbolizing majestic isolation; Walt Whitman uses the eagle to embody American freedom and untamed spirit; In Native American verse, the eagle carries prayers to the Creator; Romantic poets link the eagle’s height to spiritual transcendence and moral clarity; Modern ecopoetry critiques the eagle’s use as a nationalist symbol while honoring its wild essence.
Additional Notes
The eagle symbolizes power, vision, and transcendence across cultures—from Zeus’s companion in Greek myth to the U.S. national emblem. In poetry, it often represents heroic aspiration, divine perspective, or untamed nature. Romantic poets like Shelley used it for sublime elevation; modern ecopoets critique its co-option by militarism while honoring its wild essence. Related concepts: “apex predator,” “solar bird,” “national totem.” Caution: avoid cliché by grounding the eagle in specific behaviors (e.g., thermal soaring, nest-building on cliffs).
Also Known As
Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Haliaeetus leucocephalus ern
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