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 F

Freki

Mythology
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

One of Odin’s two wolves, whose name means "ravenous" or "greedy one."

Detailed Definition
Freki, along with Geri, accompanies Odin and is fed by him, as he consumes only wine. They symbolize his connection to war and death. In poetry, Freki embodies the consuming nature of battle and the god’s role as a provider of victory and sustenance through conflict.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might describe Odin’s table: “Freki eats the feast; Odin drinks only wine and whispers of war”; In symbolic tone: “Freki’s hunger mirrors the Allfather’s—never sated, always seeking”; A stanza could evoke, “When battle ends, Freki licks the fallen clean—a mercy in fang and fur”; Contemporary metaphor: “My ambition is Freki—fed, yet always ravenous”.
Additional Notes
Freki (meaning “ravenous” or “greedy one”) is one of Odin’s wolves, fed by the god while Odin consumes only wine. Alongside Geri, Freki symbolizes Odin’s connection to war, death, and the consumption of life force. In kennings, “Freki’s feeder” = Odin. Poetically, Freki embodies the necessary violence underpinning sovereignty and wisdom. His insatiability reflects the endless hunger of battle or poetic inspiration. Modern poets may use Freki to explore consumption, loyalty, or the animalistic aspects of divinity.
Also Known As
Freki the Wolf
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