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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hath

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

An old third-person singular form of “have,” used with he, she, or it (e.g., “he hath gone”).

Detailed Definition
“Hath” was the standard present-tense auxiliary verb in Early Modern English for third-person singular subjects. It appears throughout Shakespeare, the King James Bible, and metaphysical poetry to maintain grammatical correctness and rhythmic flow. Its use signals historical or elevated diction, distinguishing poetic or sacred language from colloquial speech. Though obsolete in modern usage, “hath” remains iconic in literary contexts, contributing to the solemnity, musicality, and period authenticity of verse, especially in declarations of truth, love, or divine action.
Example
Example in poetry:
She hath beauty beyond all mortal maids (has, third person singular); The knight hath sworn to defend the weak (has sworn); Truth hath a voice that will not be silenced (has, possesses); He hath departed on a long journey (has departed); The rose hath thorns beneath its bloom (has, possesses); Winter hath come early this year (has come)
Additional Notes
Hath is the third-person singular present tense of "have": "he hath," "she hath," "it hath." This parallels modern "has." Shakespeare uses hath constantly: "the lady hath a son" means "the lady has a son." Students must distinguish hath (present: has) from had (past, same in both archaic and modern). The pronunciation rhymes with "path." In questions with inversion: "Hath he come?" In poetry, hath provides metrical alternatives to "has" and adds archaic dignity. The King James Bible uses hath throughout, influencing centuries of religious language. Understanding hath/doth/dost is essential for Early Modern English. By the 18th century, hath was declining except in formal, poetic, or religious contexts.
Also Known As
has haveth hast
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