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

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fie

Archaic 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

An exclamation expressing disapproval, disgust, shame, or reproach; often used to scold or express moral indignation, as in "Fie upon you!" meaning "Shame on you!"

Detailed Definition
“Fie!” expresses moral outrage or shock, as in “Fie on thee, traitor!” It appears in Shakespearean drama and Puritan verse to signal virtue offended or decorum breached. Its brevity and sharp vowel make it ideal for interjections in dialogue or soliloquy. Though obsolete in speech, “fie” survives in poetry as a stylized marker of ethical censure or emotional recoil, often heightening dramatic tension.
Example
Example in poetry:
Fie upon thee for thy wicked deed! (expression of disgust); Fie, for shame, to treat her so unkindly! (exclamation of disapproval); Fie on such cowardice and treachery! (reproach); Fie, thou liest, and well thou knowest it! (indignant rejection); Fie, what a mess thou hast made of things! (mild reproach); Fie on all false friends and flatterers! (contemptuous dismissal)
Additional Notes
Fie expresses moral disapproval, disgust, or shame, like "shame on you!" It's often directed at impropriety, cowardice, or vice. Shakespeare uses it extensively: "Fie, fie upon her!" (Much Ado About Nothing). The exclamation can be repeated for emphasis: "Fie, fie, fie!" Ladies in literature use fie to express shock at indecency. In comedy, fie can be mock-prudish or genuinely scandalized depending on context. Students should note that fie usually condemns moral failings rather than practical errors. The interjection often appears with "on" or "upon" to specify the target. In poetry, fie's brevity and sharp sound suit moments of sudden censure. Compare "faugh!" (disgust at physical unpleasantness) versus fie's moral register.
Also Known As
fy fye for shame
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