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

Home › Glossary › Letter J

Jaci

Folklore
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

Jaci is the moon goddess in Tupi-Guarani indigenous Brazilian folklore, associated with night, love, and protection.

Detailed Definition
She watches over lovers and influences emotions under her light. In poetry, Jaci symbolizes romantic guardianship, nocturnal tenderness, indigenous connection to celestial rhythms, and the moon as a benevolent feminine force, evoking themes of passion, cultural heritage, and soft illumination over South American landscapes.
Example
Example in poetry:
Jaci in Tupi-Guarani verse: 'Jaci, gentle moon goddess, watches over lovers and the night, her light a soft blanket for dreams and tender poetry.'; Poets invoke protection: 'Jaci illuminates the path of the lost, guiding verses toward harmony between earth, sky, and human longing.'; A love poem: 'Under Jaci's silver gaze, hearts open like night-blooming flowers, their secrets safe in lunar compassion.'; Jaci for cycles: 'Jaci governs the monthly renewal, inspiring poets to embrace phases of growth, rest, and luminous return.'; Indigenous muse: 'Jaci, mother of the night, cradles the world in quiet radiance, where poets find peace and the seeds of new creation.'
Additional Notes
Jaci, the Tupi-Guarani moon goddess of Brazilian indigenous folklore, protects lovers and the night while overseeing cycles and harmony; she offers gentle guidance in poetry exploring compassion, dreams, or indigenous night wisdom; usage emphasizes her role as maternal night guardian, contrasting with fiercer moon deities for nuanced archetypes in cross-cultural verse.
Also Known As
Tupi moon goddess Brazilian lunar South American deity
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