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

Eruption

Medical Terms
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 sudden appearance of spots, rashes, or lesions on the skin. In poetry it may symbolise sudden disturbance or the outward sign of hidden illness.

Detailed Definition
An eruption in medical terms refers to the sudden appearance of rashes or lesions on the skin, often caused by infection or allergic reaction. Historically many diseases were recognised by their characteristic eruptions. In literature the word also suggests sudden bursting or emergence. Poets may use eruption imagery to represent hidden emotions or conflicts breaking through the surface of ordinary life, much as disease manifests itself visibly on the skin.
Example
Example in poetry:
The skin showed a rash-like eruption after the contact; Poets compare volcanic eruption to bursts of anger; The eruption of violence surprised the peaceful town; He scratched at the itchy eruption on his arm; The eruption of spring flowers covered the hillside; A sudden eruption of laughter broke the tension.
Additional Notes
An eruption medically refers to a sudden appearance of spots, rashes, or lesions on the skin. In poetry the term often expands to describe any sudden outbreak or disturbance. Emotional anger, volcanic violence, or political rebellion may erupt like a rash on the surface of society. The metaphor emphasises rapid emergence after hidden pressure. Because eruptions appear suddenly, they often signal turning points or dramatic moments within literary narratives.
Also Known As
Rash Skin Eruption Breakout
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