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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 L

lighthouse

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 tower with a powerful light at the top, erected at a dangerous coast to warn and guide ships.

Detailed Definition
The lighthouse is the archetypal symbol of steadfastness, solitude, and the triumph of human vigilance over the blind forces of nature. In poetry, it stands on the edge of the abyss, a solitary sentinel that braves the full fury of the storm. The lighthouse keeper's life is one of isolation and dedication, a theme beloved by poets exploring the heroic and the lonely. The lighthouse's beam, sweeping the dark sea, is a sign of civilization's reach into chaos, and its destruction in a storm is an image of ultimate tragedy. Poets also use it as a metaphor for the clear, guiding principles that keep us from crashing upon the rocks of despair.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Fair shines the beacon from its lonely rock” also applies to lighthouses, which are symbols of steadfastness and solitude.; The lighthouse stands on the edge of the abyss, a solitary sentinel that braves the full fury of the storm.; The lighthouse keeper’s isolation and dedication are beloved themes in poetry.; The lighthouse’s beam, sweeping the dark sea, is a sign of civilization’s reach into chaos.; Its destruction in a storm is an image of ultimate tragedy.; Poets use the lighthouse as a metaphor for clear, guiding principles that keep us from crashing upon despair.
Additional Notes
The lighthouse is the archetypal symbol of steadfastness, solitude, and the triumph of human vigilance over the blind forces of nature. In poetry, it stands on the edge of the abyss, a solitary sentinel that braves the full fury of the storm. The lighthouse keeper's life of isolation and dedication is a theme beloved by poets exploring the heroic and the lonely. Its sweeping beam, cutting through the dark, is a sign of civilization's reach into chaos, and its destruction in a storm is an image of ultimate tragedy. Poets also use it as a metaphor for the clear, guiding principles that keep us from crashing upon the rocks of despair.
Also Known As
Pharos (historical) light tower beacon tower Pharos
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