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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

Home › Glossary › Letter J

jetty

Nautical
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 narrow structure built out into the water, often to protect a harbor or channel.

Detailed Definition
The jetty is an arm of stone or rubble that reaches out to tame the current, to deflect waves, and to maintain a navigable channel. In poetry, it symbolizes human intervention, the attempt to shape the sea for our purposes. Its often jagged, man-made appearance contrasts with the natural coastline, representing the will to order and control. Poets use the jetty to explore themes of protection, aggression, and the cost of altering nature. The jetty's end, where the surf breaks violently, is a dramatic point of danger and spectacle, a place where the ocean's fury is most visibly challenged by human engineering.
Example
Example in poetry:
The jetty in poetry symbolizes human intervention, the attempt to shape the sea for our purposes.; Its often jagged, man-made appearance contrasts with the natural coastline, representing the will to order and control.; Poets use the jetty to explore themes of protection, aggression, and the cost of altering nature.; The jetty’s end, where the surf breaks violently, is a dramatic point of danger and spectacle.; It is an arm of stone or rubble that reaches out to tame the current.; The jetty represents the fragile line between human ambition and oceanic indifference.
Additional Notes
A jetty is a narrow, man-made structure projecting into the water, often built to protect a harbor or channel. In poetry, it symbolizes human intervention, the attempt to impose order and control on the natural world. Its often harsh, angular appearance contrasts with the organic shapes of the coastline, representing the will to build, defend, and command. Poets use the jetty to explore themes of protection, aggression, and the cost of altering the environment. The jetty's end, where the surf breaks violently against the stone, is a dramatic point of danger and spectacle, a place where the fury of the ocean is most visibly challenged, and sometimes defeated, by human engineering.
Also Known As
Pier mole breakwater groyne wharf (partial) wharf
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