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 H

Hate

Psychology
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

Intense, deep-seated hostility or aversion toward someone or something.

Detailed Definition
Hate in poetry burns through violent imagery, accusatory apostrophe, and relentless rhythm. It appears in political protests, personal vendettas, and dramatic dialogues, revealing the speaker's righteous or self-destructive fury. Poets explore hate's origins—betrayal, injustice, fear—and its consequences, often linking it to love's dark twin. Hate complicates moral simplicity, as its expression can be both cathartic and damning, inviting readers to question their own capacities.
Example
Example in poetry:
Hate in Catullus' "I Hate and I Love" explores intense conflicting emotions; James Stephens' poem about hate shows how hatred damages the hater; "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" admits hatred intense enough to kill; "HATE POEM" from the Poetry Society lists everything that hates; Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz's hate poem compares hate to a trampled scorpion; Robert Seymour Bridges' "HELL AND HATE" depicts Hate with a gasping mouth.
Additional Notes
Hate in poetry burns through violent imagery, accusatory apostrophe, and relentless rhythm, appearing in political protests, personal vendettas, and dramatic dialogues. In teaching, distinguish hate from wrath: hate is deep-seated hostility, while wrath is vengeful anger. Hate often links to love's dark twin, complicating moral simplicity. Poets explore hate's origins—betrayal, injustice, fear—and its consequences. Students should examine how poets use repetition, imperative mood, and imagery of poison or fire to convey hate's consuming, corrosive power.
Also Known As
Hatred loathing abhorrence detestation enmity
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