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 G

Gemini

Astrology
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 air sign ruled by Mercury, symbolizing duality, communication, and intellectual curiosity.

Detailed Definition
Gemini: The twins symbolize duality, adaptability, and the restless mind. Ruled by Mercury, Gemini governs speech, writing, and the exchange of ideas. In poetry, Gemini often manifests as dialogue, paradox, or shifting perspectives—mirroring its mutable air nature. Poets invoke Gemini to explore themes of identity fragmentation, wit, or the ephemeral nature of thought. Its association with language makes it a natural muse for poets examining how words bridge or divide human experience, appearing in works that play with voice, irony, or rapid tonal shifts.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Gemini’s duality appears in twins Castor and Pollux; Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” embodies Gemini themes of mistaken identity and witty dialogue; Poets describe Gemini as “the breath between thoughts” or “the messenger on winged feet”; Emily Dickinson’s dashes mimic Gemini’s quicksilver mind; Contemporary poets use Gemini to explore split selves or linguistic play; In astrological poetry, Gemini governs curiosity, communication, and mercurial change.
Additional Notes
Gemini (May 21–June 20) is an air sign ruled by Mercury, symbolizing communication, duality, and curiosity. Represented by twins (Castor and Pollux), it embodies multiplicity and adaptability. In poetry, Gemini governs wordplay, dialogue, and restless intellect. Its mutable quality allows fluidity between ideas. Shadow: superficiality or fragmentation. Related: 3rd House (siblings, short trips), Mercury retrograde, and the myth of Hermes as messenger.
Also Known As
The Twins Geminian Twins
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