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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Miriam

Biblical
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

Prophetess and sister of Moses who led Israelite women in song after crossing the Red Sea, symbolizing joy and faith.

Detailed Definition
Miriam watched Moses in the Nile, led victory dance after Red Sea, but was later struck with leprosy for rebellion. In poetry, Miriam embodies female leadership, communal celebration, and the tension between prophetic authority and human pride.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Exodus 15:20, Miriam leads women with timbrel—a moment celebrated in African American spirituals; Denise Levertov’s “Miriam” portrays her as prophetess whose song shapes communal memory; Contemporary feminist poetry honors Miriam as co-liberator alongside Moses and Aaron; In poems about water, Miriam’s well becomes symbol of divine provision in wilderness; Some liturgical laments recall her leprosy and healing as cycle of sin and restoration; Educational poems cite Miriam to teach about women’s leadership in liberation.
Additional Notes
Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, is a prophetess who leads women in song after the Red Sea crossing (Exodus 15); later punished for challenging Moses’ authority, her story blends leadership, celebration, and human frailty—ideal for poems on communal joy, sibling rivalry, or the cost of prophetic voice.
Also Known As
Miriam sister of Moses Miriam the Prophetess
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