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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

headland

Nautical
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

A point of land, often high and rugged, projecting into the sea.

Detailed Definition
The headland is the sea's first greeting from the continent, a promontory that both beckons and warns. In poetry, it symbolizes the threshold, the dramatic edge of the known world, and the meeting of two elements. Headlands are often capped with lighthouses or ruins, adding layers of historical and human significance. Poets use headlands to evoke the sublime—the awe-inspiring intersection of cliff and wave—and to mark turning points in a voyage, where the ship must alter course or make its final approach. The headland's enduring presence against the eroding sea also serves as a symbol of stubborn permanence.
Example
Example in poetry:
The headland in poetry symbolizes the threshold, the dramatic edge of the known world, and the meeting of two elements.; Headlands are often capped with lighthouses or ruins, adding layers of historical and human significance.; Poets use headlands to evoke the sublime—the awe-inspiring intersection of cliff and wave.; The headland’s enduring presence against the eroding sea serves as a symbol of stubborn permanence.; It marks turning points in a voyage, where the ship must alter course or make its final approach.; The headland is the sea’s first greeting from the continent, a promontory that both beckons and warns.
Additional Notes
A headland is a dramatic point of land projecting into the sea, and in poetry it symbolizes a threshold, the edge of the known world, and the meeting of two vast elements. Its high, often rugged form is a natural focal point, frequently capped with a lighthouse or ancient ruins, adding layers of history and human significance. Poets use headlands to evoke the sublime—the awe-inspiring intersection of cliff and wave, of permanence and erosion. A headland marks a turning point in a voyage, demanding a change of course, and thus serves as a metaphor for decisive moments in life. Its enduring, stubborn presence against the relentless sea symbolizes resilience and the weight of history.
Other Meanings of “headland”
Also Known As
Cape promontory point bluff ness baulk foreland
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