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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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If the shoe fits

Idiomatic Phrase
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

An idiomatic phrase inviting acceptance of criticism or description if applicable; footwear metaphor used in poetry to challenge self-awareness, suggest fitting judgment, or prompt introspection through personalized apparel symbolism.

Detailed Definition
If the shoe fits means that if a criticism, description, or accusation applies to someone, they should accept it. In poetry, it can appear in satire, moral argument, social critique, or dramatic dialogue. The idiom turns judgement into fitting clothing, suggesting that truth reveals itself by how closely it matches the person addressed. It may be playful, accusatory, or evasive. Poets can use it to explore recognition, denial, shame, and the uncomfortable moment when general language becomes personally relevant.
Example
Example in poetry:
A satirical poem might say, if the shoe fits, let the guilty alderman wear it; In a sharp epigram, if the shoe fits can turn accusation into witty implication; The phrase if the shoe fits means a criticism applies to the person who recognises himself in it; A poet may use it to tease without naming the target directly.
Additional Notes
If the shoe fits means that if a description applies to someone, they should accept it. The phrase is often used in accusation, teasing, or moral exposure. In poetry, it can connect identity with costume, role, guilt, or social judgement. The shoe image invites associations with Cinderella, walking, class, labour, and discomfort. Students should ask whether the fit proves truth, or whether society forces people into shoes not made for them.
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