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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Gladsheimr

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

The bright realm in Asgard housing Odin’s hall Valhalla and the thrones of the Æsir.

Detailed Definition
Gladsheimr (“bright home”) is one of the first creations, containing twelve divine seats and Valhalla. It embodies divine order and joy. In poetry, Gladsheimr contrasts with darker realms, representing the idealized seat of gods and the promise of heroic afterlife.
Example
Example in poetry:
Gladsheimr, Odin’s hall of the Æsir in Asgard; In Grímnismál, it’s where the gods hold council; Poets use Gladsheimr to symbolize divine order and joy; It contrasts with Hel’s gloom as a realm of light; In kennings, “Gladsheimr’s thrones” refer to gods’ authority; Modern verse uses it as a vision of harmonious governance.
Additional Notes
Gladsheimr (“Bright Home”) is the divine assembly area in Asgard containing Valhalla and the Æsir’s thrones; it represents order, light, and communal governance—poets may contrast Gladsheimr with chaotic realms like Jotunheimr to explore themes of civilization, hierarchy, or the fragility of divine order.
Also Known As
Gladsheim
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