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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Infirmity

Medical 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

Physical weakness or disability, especially associated with age or chronic illness. In poetry it symbolises the limitations of the human body.

Detailed Definition
Infirmity refers to bodily weakness that arises from illness, injury, or the gradual decline of age. The term has long been associated with the inevitable imperfections of human existence. In poetry infirmity often appears as a reminder that strength and health are temporary conditions. By emphasising the body’s limitations, poets explore themes of humility, mortality, and the contrast between human aspiration and physical constraint.
Example
Example in poetry:
The saint was known for bearing his infirmity with grace; Poets write of the infirmities of old age; He struggled against the infirmity of his weak legs; The infirmity of purpose led to his failure; She cared for him through every physical infirmity; Infirmity is often paired with wisdom in character studies.
Additional Notes
Infirmity refers to long term weakness or disability, often associated with ageing. In poetry the term frequently symbolises the limits of human strength and the gradual decline of the body. Writers may contrast youthful vitality with the infirmities of old age. The word also appears in philosophical reflections on human imperfection and vulnerability.
Other Meanings of “Infirmity”
Also Known As
Weakness Chronic Weakness Physical Frailty
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