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

Ephod

Biblical
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

An ephod is a sacred vestment or ritual object worn by priests or used in inquiry.

Detailed Definition
The ephod appears in descriptions of priestly clothing and in accounts of seeking divine guidance, making it both garment and instrument of sacred mediation. Its embroidered textures invite visual poetry, while its ritual function raises questions about how humans seek answers from the unseen. A poem may use the ephod to suggest authority worn on the body, the weight of office, or divination shadowed by ambiguity.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The ephod glitters on the priest’s chest” uses the biblical garment to establish a ritual setting; A poet may make the ephod symbolize mediation between a troubled people and the divine; “He carries an ephod but no answer” creates irony by separating sacred clothing from true wisdom; The ephod can evoke memory, authority, and the burdens carried by religious leaders.
Additional Notes
An ephod is described in several Biblical contexts as a priestly garment, especially in passages concerning the high priest, but it can also denote an object connected with worship or seeking divine guidance. Gideon’s ephod in Judges 8 becomes a troubling symbol because it leads Israel into improper devotion. In poetry, the term may suggest priesthood, sacred mediation, ritual authority, or the danger of confusing religious objects with God.
Also Known As
Priestly Ephod
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