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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Haman

Biblical
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

Persian official who plotted to exterminate the Jews, thwarted by Esther

Detailed Definition
Haman, the villain of Esther, erected a gallows for Mordecai but was hanged on it himself after his genocidal decree was reversed. In poetry, Haman represents anti-Semitic malice, sudden reversal of fortune (peripeteia), and the hidden hand of providence—frequently evoked in themes of justice and deliverance.
Example
Example in poetry:
In John Milton’s "Paradise Lost," Haman’s plot (Esther 3–7) illustrates pride’s downfall; In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Esther," Haman symbolizes the tyrant undone by his own gallows; In George Herbert’s "The Church-porch," Haman’s elevation and fall model the danger of self-exaltation; In John Keble’s "Lyra Apostolica," Haman represents the enemy of God’s people; In Christina Rossetti’s "Later Life," Haman’s decree prefigures the futility of anti-divine schemes; In T.S. Eliot’s "The Waste Land," Haman’s pride echoes in modern hubris.
Additional Notes
Haman: Agagite vizier in Esther who plots Jewish genocide; executed on his own gallows. In poetry, Haman symbolizes pride, anti-Semitism, and poetic justice (“schemer ensnared by his own trap”). His name evokes villainy—ideal for satirical, dramatic, or Purim-themed verse. Contrast with Mordecai to explore reversal (Esther 6–7)—a classic example of peripeteia in biblical narrative.
Also Known As
Haman the Agagite Haman son of Hammedatha
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