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

Jumpsuit

Apparel
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 one-piece apparel garment combining an integrated top and trousers, originally worn for utilitarian work before entering fashion.

Detailed Definition
A jumpsuit joins a shirt-like upper section to full-length trousers, creating a single uninterrupted suit. It may be associated with labor, aviation, dance, fashion, or daring self-presentation. In poetry, the garment can make its wearer appear ready for action, sealed into a role, or liberated from separate layers. Its zipper and continuous line offer images of closure, transformation, and a body entering a new identity all at once.
Example
Example in poetry:
The red jumpsuit makes the mechanic bright against the gray factory wall; In the poem, the child’s jumpsuit is stained with grass from an afternoon of play; She zips up her blue jumpsuit before climbing the ladder to repair the roof; The poet treats the jumpsuit as a sign of practical strength, unity, and readiness for work.
Additional Notes
A jumpsuit combines a bodice or shirt-like upper section with trousers in one continuous garment. It may be practical workwear, relaxed daywear, or highly formal fashion. A romper is a related one-piece style with shorts instead of full-length trousers.
Also Known As
One-Piece Boiler Suit
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