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.

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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For the long haul

Idiomatic Phrase
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

For an extended and indefinite period of time, requiring and demonstrating long-term commitment, stamina, and a willingness to see a project through to the end.

Detailed Definition
For the long haul means with commitment over an extended period, despite difficulty, fatigue, or delayed reward. In poetry, it suits themes of endurance: marriage, caregiving, activism, grief, artistic labour, faith, illness, or exile. The phrase evokes travel and burden, suggesting that meaningful commitments are journeys rather than moments. It can counter the glamour of sudden passion by honouring persistence. Poets may use it to show mature love, disciplined hope, or the quiet heroism of staying.
Example
Example in poetry:
A love poem may promise devotion for the long haul, beyond youth and beauty; In a migration poem, the travellers carry hope for the long haul; The phrase can suggest endurance, patience, and commitment; A poet might contrast quick glamour with labour for the long haul.
Additional Notes
For the long haul means committed over an extended period, especially through difficulty or slow progress. In poetry, it suits love, caregiving, grief, activism, spiritual discipline, illness, and artistic labour. The haul suggests weight, distance, and endurance rather than glamour. Students should notice that the phrase values persistence over intensity, making it useful for poems about loyalty, patience, and the unheroic work of staying.
Also Known As
long term
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