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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Kali

Mythology
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

Hindu goddess embodying time, destruction, and transformative power, often depicted with dark skin, a garland of skulls, and fierce energy.

Detailed Definition
Kali, with dark skin, wild hair, and a garland of skulls, destroys evil and ego to enable rebirth. Though terrifying, she is also a protective mother. Poets reference her to explore the transformative power of destruction, female rage, and the necessity of confronting darkness to attain liberation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Kali appears in Tantric poetry as destroyer of ego: "Kali dances on Shiva— / her tongue out, eyes wild, / crushing illusion with every step"; In feminist verse, she embodies fierce love: "Mother Kali wears skulls, / but her hands cradle the world— / destruction to protect"; Poets use her to explore transformation: "Burn me, Kali— / let my old skin fall like ash, / so new life may rise"; She symbolizes time’s inevitability: "Her black skin is night— / Kali swallows suns and stars, / yet births them again"; In modern poetry, she represents empowerment: "When they call me ‘too much,’ / I wear Kali’s garland— / unapologetic, vast, free"; Contemporary poets link her to justice: "Kali’s sword cuts lies— / she stands where the oppressed / finally say ‘enough’"
Additional Notes
Kali, the Hindu goddess of time, destruction, and empowerment, appears with dark skin, wild hair, a garland of skulls, and a lolling tongue—yet she is also a loving mother. In poetry, she embodies the transformative power of destruction, the necessity of confronting darkness, and radical feminine energy. When referencing Kali, avoid reducing her to a “goddess of death”; instead, emphasize her role in destroying ego, ignorance, and injustice to enable rebirth. She is central to Tantric traditions and modern feminist spirituality. Related concepts include shakti (divine feminine power), maya (illusion), and the Mahavidyas (ten wisdom goddesses); she contrasts with gentle forms like Parvati, illustrating the full spectrum of the divine feminine.
Also Known As
The Dark Mother The Destroyer of Evil She Who is Beyond Time Bhavani
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