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 Silver

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 Silver evokes the moon's silvery light or alchemical associations with silver as lunar metal in folklore and magic.

Detailed Definition
It links to purity, reflection, and nocturnal sheen. In poetry, Moon Silver represents cool luminescence, mirrored truth, feminine wealth, and celestial metallurgy, frequently used in imagery of refined beauty, elusive value, and the moon forging light into tangible wonder.
Example
Example in poetry:
Moon Silver in luminous description: 'Moon Silver threads through the night, gilding leaves and ideas alike with ethereal, cool-toned beauty in the poet's eye.'; Poets evoke value: 'Moon Silver is rarer and more subtle than gold, representing the refined, introspective worth of well-crafted verse.'; A metallic ode: 'Bathed in Moon Silver, the ordinary transforms—rust becomes romance, shadow becomes depth, and words gain lasting sheen.'; Moon Silver for elegance: 'Its reflective quality mirrors how poetry can illuminate the reader, returning borrowed light as personal insight.'; Artistic medium: 'Working with Moon Silver imagery adds a layer of mystery and sophistication, elevating the tone of nocturnal themes.'
Additional Notes
Moon Silver evokes the moon's cool silvery glow and alchemical silver as lunar metal in magic and folklore, representing refined introspection, mystery, and transformative sheen; poets use it for elegant nocturnal imagery that elevates ordinary to luminous.
Also Known As
lunar metal pale gleam nocturnal argent
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