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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frescoes

Art
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

Frescoes are murals created by applying water-based pigments onto freshly laid wet plaster.

Detailed Definition
Frescoes are a technique of mural painting where water-based pigments are applied to wet plaster, allowing the paint to become an integral part of the wall surface as it dries. This method has been used since ancient times and is known for its durability and vibrant colors. In the poem, the mention of 'charcoal frescoes' suggests a form of artistic expression that adds to the character of the schoolhouse, evoking memories of childhood and the passage of time.
Example
Example in poetry:
Frescoes are paintings made on fresh plaster, so the image becomes part of a wall rather than a portable canvas; W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” considers old-master art, including paintings whose composed scenes contrast with human suffering; “The charcoal frescoes on its wall” blends mural-like imagery with the fragile medium of charcoal, suggesting age and ruin; A contemporary ekphrastic poem might describe “frescoes of workers under peeling lime,” using damaged wall art to preserve a community’s memory
Additional Notes
The term 'frescoes' may be unfamiliar to readers as it refers to a specific artistic technique that is not widely known outside of art history.; Found in the poem, In School-Days by John Greenleaf Whittier
Also Known As
Wall Murals Painted Frescoes Artistic Plasterworks
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