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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husbandman

Archaic Terms
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 farmer who cultivates the land, especially one who owns or manages a small farm; emphasizes agricultural work and stewardship of the soil in rural contexts.

Detailed Definition
In early English literature, a “husbandman” referred to a skilled agriculturalist responsible for cultivating land, often contrasted with nobility or urban dwellers. The term appears in biblical translations, pastoral poetry, and allegorical works to represent humility, diligence, and harmony with nature. Poets used “husbandman” to evoke themes of stewardship, seasonal cycles, and moral virtue rooted in labor. Its archaic tone lends authenticity to historical or rural settings, reinforcing ideals of simplicity and self-reliance. In allegory, the husbandman might symbolize the soul tending its spiritual field, making the term rich with metaphorical potential in devotional or didactic verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
The husbandman rose early to plow his fields (farmer, cultivator of land); A simple husbandman who tilled the soil (agricultural worker); The husbandman knows when to plant and reap (one who practices husbandry); Many a husbandman lost his crop to flood (farmer, tiller); The husbandman's life follows nature's seasons (agricultural laborer); A wise husbandman plans for lean years (farmer, man of the land)
Additional Notes
Husbandman specifically denotes a farmer who cultivates land, distinct from a landowner who doesn't farm or a farm laborer who doesn't manage. The term emphasizes agricultural skill and independence—usually small freeholders or tenant farmers managing their own operations. In biblical translation (King James), husbandman translates agricultural workers. Students should recognize the social specificity—between peasant and gentleman. The "husband" element relates to household management, not marriage. In 17th-18th century England, husbandmen formed a distinct social class. Poetry often idealizes husbandmen in pastoral or Georgic modes, representing honest labor and rural virtue. Compare "yeoman" (similar class but with military connotations) and "plowman" (more general agricultural worker).
Also Known As
husband-man farmer yeoman The Farmer peasant
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