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

Joyous

Mood
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 mood radiating exuberant happiness, elation, and spirited delight, often conveyed through bright or energetic diction.

Detailed Definition
Joyous mood in poetry bursts with celebration, often using bright imagery, rhythmic exuberance, and inclusive diction; it appears in carols, wedding poems, or nature odes—like those of Neruda or Whitman—where the poet shares unguarded happiness, inviting readers into a communal experience of gratitude, love, or simple wonder at being alive.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” Wordsworth’s speaker experiences joyous delight at the daffodils; Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” bursts with joyous celebration of life; In “Ode to a Nightingale,” Keats momentarily feels joyous escape; Emily Dickinson’s “I taste a liquor never brewed” conveys joyous intoxication with nature; In “The Lamb,” William Blake presents joyous innocence; Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” ends with joyous urgency about living fully.
Additional Notes
Joyous mood expresses full-hearted, communal happiness; signaled by song-like rhythm, warm colors, and inclusive diction—e.g., wedding or harvest poems; overlaps with jubilant, elated, and exuberant moods; more grounded and social than ecstatic or rapturous.
Also Known As
Joyful Happy Delighted Elated Gleeful chearful
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