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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hast

Archaic Terms
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

Hast is the archaic second person singular present tense of "have," meaning you have.

Detailed Definition
Hast is the old form of "have" used with "thou." Shakespeare and other Early Modern poets favored it for metrical precision and to evoke intimate address or dramatic dialogue. In lyric poetry it heightens emotional directness, allowing exploration of possession, obligation, or love. Its archaic flavor preserves the rhythmic integrity of iambic lines while connecting contemporary readers to historical linguistic richness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Thou hast my heart within thy gentle hands.; Hast thou seen the wonders of the distant shore?; Thou hast betrayed the trust we once held dear.; Hast thou no pity for the suffering poor?; Thou hast the power to change the world entire.; Hast thou forgotten all our solemn vows?
Additional Notes
Notes on hast: Second person singular present of "have," hast creates intimate address with "thou," ideal for love lyrics or accusatory monologues in Early Modern style. It preserves iambic flow. Students master it alongside other -st forms for conjugation practice. Usage tip: employ in questions for emotional directness. Related to possession themes in sonnets. Professors discuss its role in power dynamics. Its archaic flavor connects readers to historical voice, allowing exploration of ownership, obligation, and relational depth while teaching metrical discipline and the emotional power of direct second-person address in lyric poetry.
Also Known As
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