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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Micon

Literary Character
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 shepherd or artist in pastoral poetry, sometimes noted for skill in rustic crafts or carving.

Detailed Definition
Micon appears in pastoral contexts as a shepherd with particular artistic talents, his name suggesting skillful handiwork in carving pipes or making rustic implements. The character represents the pastoral world's aesthetic dimension beyond song, including visual arts and craftsmanship that beautify rural life. Micon demonstrates that the bucolic ideal encompasses multiple forms of artistry, with shepherds creating beautiful objects as well as beautiful verses, enriching the pastoral landscape's cultural texture.
Example
Example in poetry:
Micon appears in Theocritus and later pastoral as a shepherd character; Poets use Micon to populate the pastoral landscape with named figures; In pastoral tradition, Micon represents one of the shepherd community; A poet might invoke Micon when creating variety among pastoral characters; Micon serves as a typical pastoral name; The character adds to the social reality of the pastoral world
Additional Notes
Micon appears in Theocritus as a shepherd noted for artistic skill, possibly in carving or other rustic crafts. The name suggests "small" but can also connect to artistic ability. Poets use Micon when depicting shepherds' practical arts beyond singing, showing the range of rural creativity. The character demonstrates that pastoral shepherds possess various skills, not just musical, including visual arts and craftwork that contribute to rural material culture.
Also Known As
steadfast name reliable herdsman Greek character
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