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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husbandry

Farming
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

Husbandry is the careful management and cultivation of crops, livestock, and other farm resources.

Detailed Definition
Husbandry refers broadly to the skilled, economical care required to make land and animals productive over time. It includes breeding, feeding, soil management, planning, and stewardship rather than any single task. In poetry, the word often carries moral force, suggesting prudence, patience, discipline, and responsible guardianship. It may describe not only farming but also the wise cultivation of talents, relationships, or spiritual life. Poor husbandry, by contrast, can signify waste, neglect, greed, or a broken bond with the earth.
Example
Example in poetry:
Good husbandry can symbolise responsible stewardship, patience, and care; Poor husbandry may represent waste, neglect, or greed; Poets can extend husbandry metaphorically to the careful cultivation of talents or relationships; The term may contrast respectful farming with methods that exhaust animals, soil, or future generations.
Additional Notes
Husbandry means the skilled and economical management of crops, animals, soil, and farm resources. It emphasises sustained care rather than one isolated task. In poetry and moral writing, husbandry can become a metaphor for the wise cultivation of talents, relationships, time, or spiritual life. Poor husbandry suggests waste or neglect. Related terms include animal husbandry, cultivation, stewardship, breeding, soil management, thrift, farming practice, and care.
Also Known As
farming agriculture farm management tillage
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