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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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Mirabeau

Historical Figure
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

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749–1791), French revolutionary orator and moderate leader in the early French Revolution.

Detailed Definition
Mirabeau bridged aristocracy and revolution with his powerful speeches. In poetry and literature, he represents eloquent moderation, the hope of constitutional reform, and the rapid radicalization of events. Poets reference him to examine oratory’s power, the complexities of revolutionary leadership, and the tension between reform and upheaval.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poets reference Mirabeau as the eloquent moderate voice of the early French Revolution whose oratory bridged aristocracy and reform before radicalization overtook events.; Verse might portray him as a figure of hopeful constitutionalism amid rising turmoil.; A poet could use Mirabeau to examine the power of rhetoric in politics and the rapid shift from reform to upheaval.; In revolutionary poetry, he symbolizes the complexities of leadership during transformative crises.; Poets invoke him to meditate on moderation's limits and the intoxicating forces of historical momentum.; Mirabeau allows exploration of oratory, idealism, and the personal role in collective change.
Additional Notes
Mirabeau represents eloquent moderation in the early French Revolution, bridging aristocracy and reform before radical forces overtook him. As powerful orator and comte, he hoped for constitutional monarchy. Usage tip: use his speeches to examine rhetoric’s power in crisis; contrast his moderation with later extremism to explore hope versus historical momentum. In verse he symbolizes the complexities of revolutionary leadership and the limits of reform. Related concepts include the National Assembly and Enlightenment oratory. Poets can meditate on the personal role in collective change and the intoxicating speed of upheaval. Students should note how Mirabeau humanizes the Revolution’s early idealism, offering material for dramatic monologues or reflections on political eloquence and its fragility.
Also Known As
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti comte de Mirabeau
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