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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Moon Howl

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

Moon Howl evokes the primal call of wolves or wild creatures under the full moon, symbolizing communication, territory, and lunar invocation in folklore.

Detailed Definition
It ties to wolf moon legends and ritual howling. In poetry, the Moon Howl represents untamed expression, collective yearning, the moon drawing forth voice from silence, and wilderness communion, often symbolizing protest, mating calls, or spiritual summoning through sound.
Example
Example in poetry:
Moon Howl in primal verse: 'Moon Howl rises from the wild throat, expressing raw longing, community, and the poet's call into the vast night.'; Poets channel animal spirit: 'Under full moon, the Moon Howl unites pack and page, blending instinct with crafted language for powerful effect.'; A vocal ode: 'Moon Howl echoes across valleys, teaching bards the strength found in unrestrained, heartfelt expression.'; Moon Howl for release: 'It cleanses the spirit like a wolf's cry, clearing space for new, authentic poetic voices to emerge.'; Emotional power: 'The Moon Howl reminds us that poetry can be both beautiful and fierce, civilized and untamed.'
Additional Notes
Moon Howl captures the primal wolf or wild call under full moonlight, symbolizing territory, community, and raw expression; folklore ties it to communication and instinct, enriching poetry with fierce, heartfelt voice.
Also Known As
nocturnal cry lunar lament wolfish call
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