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

Ecliptic longitude

Astrology
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

Measurement along the ecliptic from the vernal equinox, defining zodiac positions. In poetry, longitudes chart linear fates or longitudinal journeys through signs.

Detailed Definition
Longitude positions planets in tropical zodiac, foundational since Ptolemy. Poets map them in navigational verse like Marvell's. Literature uses for progression, symbolizing advances. Its sequential arc poeticizes progression, where ecliptic lines trace stellar longitudes, enhancing narratives of timed destinies and the measured march of cosmic coordinates.
Example
Example in poetry:
Keats tracks longitude in dreams: "Ecliptic longitude charts the poet's visionary flight."; Chaucer's astrology measures longitude: "By ecliptic longitude, the knight's quest aligns."; Modern poet Yusef Komunyakaa follows longitude: "Ecliptic longitude guides the soldier's night patrol."; In Milton's cosmos, longitude wheels: "Ecliptic longitude spins the orbs in harmony."; Elizabeth Bishop maps ecliptic lines: "Ecliptic longitude connects the scattered ports of call."
Additional Notes
Ecliptic longitude starts at 0° Aries, spanning 360°; basis for sign placements. In poetry, it longitudes journeys as in Odyssey—related to right ascension; tip: for ephemeris tracking; students chart progressive narratives.
Also Known As
Longitude (ecliptic)
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