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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Hermon

Historical Location
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 mountain range on the border of Syria and Lebanon, associated with divine presence and transfiguration

Detailed Definition
Mount Hermon is the highest peak in the region and is linked to the Transfiguration of Jesus in some traditions. In Psalms, it symbolizes unity and dew of blessing. Poets use Hermon to represent spiritual elevation, revelation, and the meeting of heaven and earth—often as a place where the divine breaks into human experience.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Psalm 133, Hermon’s dew symbolizes unity and blessing; The Song of Solomon (4:8) invites the beloved to “come from Mount Hermon,” evoking mystery; Modern Lebanese and Syrian poets praise Hermon’s snow-capped majesty; In eco-poetry, Hermon represents shared water sources and regional interdependence; Contemporary spiritual verse uses Hermon to evoke transcendence and clarity.
Additional Notes
Hermon, a snow-capped mountain on Israel’s northern border, is famed for its dew (Psalm 133:3) and as a site of transfiguration (traditionally). In poetry, it symbolizes unity, clarity, and divine presence. Modern Lebanese/Syrian poets praise its ecological and spiritual majesty. Students should note its height (Israel’s highest peak) and its role as a water source for the Jordan.
Also Known As
Mount Hermon Snowy Sentinel Dew of Unity Sacred Summit
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