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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Heliosphere

Astronomy
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

The region of space dominated by the solar wind and the sun's magnetic field.

Detailed Definition
The heliosphere is the vast region of space influenced by the solar wind and the sun's magnetic field, extending far beyond the orbit of Pluto. In poetry, the heliosphere can symbolize protection, the boundaries of existence, and the interplay between light and darkness. This imagery invites exploration of themes related to safety, exploration, and the cosmic forces that shape our lives, encouraging poets to reflect on the ways in which the sun's energy nurtures life on Earth and the delicate balance between the known and the unknown in our journeys through the universe.
Example
Example in poetry:
The heliosphere wraps us in a protective cocoon; a bubble of solar wind, shielding life from cosmic rays; poets marvel at its embrace, a guardian of our fragile existence; within its warmth, we find solace in the chaos of the universe.
Additional Notes
The heliosphere is a vast bubble in space created by the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles released from the sun. This region extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto and acts as a shield against cosmic radiation. Studying the heliosphere helps scientists understand the sun's influence on the solar system.
Also Known As
Solar Wind Bubble
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