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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Hezekiah

Biblical
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

Judahite king praised in biblical texts for religious reforms and faith during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem.

Detailed Definition
Hezekiah reformed worship, centralized the Temple, and was healed by Isaiah. His faith saved Jerusalem from Sennacherib. In poetry, Hezekiah embodies trust in crisis, the power of prayer, and the intersection of political courage and spiritual renewal.
Example
Example in poetry:
In John Milton’s "Paradise Lost," Hezekiah’s prayer (2 Kings 19–20) illustrates faith that moves God; In William Cowper’s hymns, Hezekiah’s sign of the sun illustrates divine accommodation; In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "The Seraphim," Hezekiah symbolizes the king who turns to God in crisis; In George Herbert’s "The Church-porch," Hezekiah’s tunnel models foresight and faith; In John Keble’s "Lyra Apostolica," Hezekiah represents the reformer who trusts in mercy; In Christina Rossetti’s "Later Life," Hezekiah’s extended life inspires gratitude.
Additional Notes
Hezekiah: King of Judah praised for faithfulness, temple reform, and trust in God during Assyrian siege (2 Kings 18–20; Isaiah 36–39). In poetry, Hezekiah embodies prayer in crisis (“spread the letter before the Lord”), divine healing (Isaiah 38), and the shadow of pride (showing treasures to Babylon). His tunnel (2 Kings 20:20) is a marvel—ideal for poems on engineering as faith, deliverance, or the duality of legacy.
Also Known As
Hezekiah king of Judah Hezekiah son of Ahaz
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