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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 G

Garrison

Military
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 garrison is a body of troops stationed in a fortified place to defend or control it.

Detailed Definition
The garrison represents military presence embedded within civilian or strategic spaces, evoking themes of occupation, vigilance, and the tedium of prolonged duty. Poets have used garrisoned soldiers to explore the psychological toll of waiting and watching rather than active combat, as well as the uneasy relationship between occupying forces and local populations. The garrison also symbolizes contained, static power in contrast to the dynamism of the battlefield.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might describe soldiers stationed in a garrison, enduring tedium punctuated by moments of vigilance; Poets use "garrison" to explore themes of occupation, waiting, and uneasy relationships with local populations; A verse could contrast the garrison's static power with the dynamism of active battle elsewhere; The term appears in poetry examining the psychological toll of prolonged, watchful duty; A poem might depict a garrisoned town's residents wary of the soldiers stationed among them; Historical war poetry sometimes uses garrisons to reflect on occupation's lingering social tensions.
Additional Notes
A garrison is a body of troops stationed in a fortified place to defend or control it. Garrisons can be large or small, serving as standing forces for local defense. The term also refers to the fortified town itself, especially in colonial contexts. In poetry, the garrison represents the permanence of military presence, the isolated community of soldiers far from home. Related terms include fortress, occupation, and guarding. The garrison routine, with its drills and sentries, is a familiar theme in military literature, conveying monotony and waiting. The garrison's interaction with civilians, its role in governing and protecting, is a complex subject in historical and contemporary conflict.
Also Known As
Fort Post Station Stronghold Fortress Guardhouse barrack
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