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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javelin

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

A light spear thrown by hand in battle or sport—evoking classical or medieval warfare in heroic poetry.

Detailed Definition
The “javelin” evokes classical and medieval combat, symbolizing swift, precise force. In poetry, it describes martial skill or sudden attack. Its phallic and projectile nature enriches metaphor—love’s javelin, fate’s dart. Poets use it to dramatize decisive moments where distance collapses into impact, reinforcing themes of vulnerability, aim, and consequence.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The javelin flew swift and sure,” in a battle epic; In Homer-inspired verse: “He cast the javelin with godlike aim”; “Her words were javelins, piercing pride,” a metaphorical use; “The javelin of truth strikes deep,” declares the satirist; “At dawn, the javelin of light pierced the clouds”; The hero’s javelin bore his crest and fate.
Additional Notes
“Javelin” symbolizes swift, targeted aggression; in classical or chivalric verse, it contrasts with the sword’s intimacy, representing distance warfare, athletic prowess, or divine thunderbolts in mythological allusion.
Other Meanings of “javelin”
Also Known As
spear lance dart
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