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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in sooth

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

An archaic phrase meaning "in truth" or "truly," affirming the speaker's sincerity; in poetry, it lends a solemn, old-fashioned authenticity to declarations and vows.

Detailed Definition
In sooth is an oath-like phrase emphasizing honesty in lyric and dramatic poetry. Shakespeare used it for emotional authenticity. It bolsters declarations of love, loyalty, or revelation, imbuing lines with earnestness and connecting to traditions of sworn truth in oral and written verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
In sooth, thy words ring true as morning bells.; In sooth, the prophecy has come to pass.; "In sooth," he said, "I loved thee from the first."; In sooth, no finer knight has graced the hall.; In sooth, the tale is stranger than all dreams.; In sooth, the heart knows what the mind denies.
Additional Notes
Notes on in sooth: An oath-like affirmation of truth, in sooth bolsters sincerity in lyric or dramatic poetry, common in Shakespeare for emotional authenticity. It heightens declarations. Students use it in vows or revelations. Tip: pair with vivid imagery for impact. Related to "in troth," it varies earnestness. Professors link to oral traditions. The phrase adds rhythmic solemnity while exploring honesty versus deception, helping students understand how archaic affirmations encode cultural values of truth-telling and deepen interpersonal themes in verse.
Also Known As
in truth verily
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