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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Máni

Mythology
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

Personification of the moon, brother of Sól, chased by the wolf Háti

Detailed Definition
Máni is the Norse moon deity, son of Mundilfari, who drives the moon across the sky in a chariot. He is pursued by the wolf Háti, destined to catch him at Ragnarök. Máni appears in the Völuspá and Grímnismál. Poets invoke him to mark time, evoke nocturnal mystery, and symbolize the fragile beauty of celestial order under constant threat.
Example
Example in poetry:
Máni, personified Moon, is described in Vafþrúðnismál: “Máni guides the moon, chased by Hati”; Snorri explains in Gylfaginning that Máni took two children, Bil and Hjúki, from earth; Poets use “Máni’s chariot” as a kenning for the moon; In Hávamál, Máni marks time’s passage; His journey embodies the lunar cycle and its mythic pursuer; Máni’s capture of children reflects folklore about moon abduction.
Additional Notes
Máni is the personified Moon, son of Mundilfari, who guides the moon across the sky and is chased by the wolf Hati, as described in Vafþrúðnismál and Gylfaginning. He also carries the children Bil and Hjúki, reflecting folklore about the moon abducting humans. Students should contrast Máni with his sister Sól (Sun) to explore gendered celestial roles—Máni as passive guide versus Sól as active target. In poetry, "Máni’s path" or "Máni’s ship" are kennings for the moon. His eventual consumption at Ragnarök (followed by his rebirth) underscores Norse cyclical cosmology. Máni’s myth blends astronomy, narrative, and moral lessons about time’s passage and vulnerability.
Also Known As
Moon Máni the Lunar Bil and Hjúki’s Keeper Hati’s Prey
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