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

Emerald

Gemstones
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 green beryl valued for its lush color, symbolizing rebirth, fertility, and hope.

Detailed Definition
Emeralds appear in verse as tokens of spring, renewal, and the verdant vitality of nature. Their rich green hue connects them to mythological gardens, sacred groves, and the promise of resurrection. Poets from classical to contemporary traditions use emeralds to convey emotional growth, healing, or the fragile beauty of life—often contrasting their organic warmth against colder, crystalline stones.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespeare’s Cleopatra wears “emeralds like promises of spring”; in Romantic poetry, emerald symbolizes nature’s eternal renewal; modern eco-verse laments “emerald forests turned to dust”; a love poem says, “Your hope is emerald—green with second chances”; in medieval allegory, emerald represents faith and fertility; its inclusions (“jardin”) make it a metaphor for beauty embracing imperfection.
Additional Notes
Emerald, the green variety of beryl, symbolizes rebirth, love, and foresight; its inclusions (“jardin”) are accepted as part of its character, making it a metaphor for beauty in imperfection—historically linked to Venus and Cleopatra, it evokes lushness, desire, and the vitality of nature in poetry.
Other Meanings of “Emerald”
Also Known As
green beryl May birthstone Venus gem Beryl
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