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.

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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Haumia-tiketike

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

God of uncultivated food, especially fern root (aruhe), and wild plant sustenance.

Detailed Definition
Haumia-tiketike is one of the sons of Papatūānuku and Ranginui who hid from Tāwhirimātea’s storms by burrowing into the earth. He embodies the nourishment found in the wild and the resilience of native flora. In agricultural chants and laments, Haumia symbolizes self-sufficiency and the earth’s quiet generosity. Poets invoke him to honor traditional food sources and the sacredness of foraged sustenance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Haumia-tiketike, god of uncultivated food like fern root (aruhe), appears in poetry as a symbol of wild sustenance and resilience; Poets invoke Haumia-tiketike to honor traditional foraging knowledge and food sovereignty; His hiding from Tāwhirimātea in Papatūānuku’s embrace is used metaphorically to describe refuge and protection; In contemporary verse, Haumia-tiketike contrasts industrial agriculture with natural abundance; Poets link him to the quiet strength of native plants that thrive without human intervention; His association with root vegetables inspires imagery of grounding, nourishment, and hidden strength.
Additional Notes
Haumia-tiketike is the atua (god) of uncultivated food, especially aruhe (fern root), representing wild, self-sustaining abundance. During Tāwhirimātea’s stormy wrath, Haumia hid within Papatūānuku, symbolizing refuge and the earth’s nurturing role. Unlike Rongo (god of cultivated crops), Haumia embodies autonomy from human intervention. In poetry, he signifies resilience, foraging knowledge, and ecological self-reliance. Poets might contrast Haumia with industrial agriculture or use him to honor traditional food practices. Note his close association with native flora and the quiet strength of what grows without cultivation—ideal for eco-poetic or decolonial themes.
Also Known As
Haumia
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