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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Khutbah

World Religion
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

The Islamic sermon delivered during Friday prayers (Jumu’ah) and Eid, offering spiritual guidance, Quranic reflection, and community exhortation.

Detailed Definition
Khutbah is a living tradition of oral theology—connecting scripture to current affairs with wisdom and urgency. In poetry, it symbolizes the voice of conscience: echoing from pulpits, stirring hearts, calling to justice. Poets describe its cadence, the hushed crowd, the imam’s raised finger—not as lecture but as lifeline to the divine.
Example
Example in poetry:
A Friday poem opens with the khutbah’s call: “O you who believe—listen with your feet, not just your ears”; In a refugee camp verse, “The imam’s khutbah stitches hope into torn tents”; A modern reflection: “A good khutbah doesn’t preach—it awakens”; A minimalist lyric: “Khutbah: not speech, but shared breath toward justice.”
Additional Notes
The Khutbah is a central part of the Friday congregational prayer (Jumu'ah). It is delivered in two parts, with a brief sitting of the Imam in between. The sermon typically includes praises to God, blessings on the Prophet, Quranic recitation, and advice on a contemporary issue. It is not just a lecture but a ritual act that unifies the community. For students of rhetoric, the Khutbah is a living tradition of religious oratory and persuasive speech.
Also Known As
Khutba Sermon Friday Sermon
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