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 M

Menuo

Folklore
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

Menuo is the Lithuanian moon god, personifying the moon in Baltic mythology with ties to time, cycles, and marital harmony.

Detailed Definition
Often paired with the sun in tales of pursuit or separation. In poetry, Menuo represents measured passage, lunar masculinity in northern traditions, emotional tides in relationships, and the moon's role in folklore of fate and reunion, inspiring Baltic-inspired verses on rhythm and celestial domesticity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Menuo in Baltic moon poetry: 'Menuo, ancient Lithuanian moon, sails the night sky in his silver boat, ferrying dreams and verses across the dark sea.'; Poets personify: 'Menuo watches over weddings and fate, his light blessing unions and the marriage of word to resonant feeling.'; A mythic journey: 'Menuo travels his eternal path, inspiring poets to chart their own courses through phases of light and creative shadow.'; Menuo for guidance: 'As celestial navigator, Menuo teaches the bard to find direction even when the path seems obscured by clouds or doubt.'; Cultural lore: 'Menuo embodies the masculine moon, balancing solar fire with reflective calm in traditional Baltic-inspired stanzas.'
Additional Notes
Menuo, the Lithuanian moon god in Baltic mythology, personifies lunar cycles, time, and marital happiness while sailing the night sky; he blesses unions and fate; poets draw on his navigational calm for verses balancing solar fire with reflective order in Baltic-inspired work.
Also Known As
Mėnuo Mėnulis Mēness Menulis
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