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 Wolf

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

The Moon Wolf is a folkloric archetype of the wolf as lunar companion or embodiment, howling under moonlight and tied to January's Wolf Moon.

Detailed Definition
It blends predator instinct with celestial mystery. In poetry, the Moon Wolf represents fierce loyalty to night, hunger for the unattainable, wild soul under lunar influence, and guardian of thresholds, inspiring imagery of solitary power, pack intuition, and the moon's call to primal self.
Example
Example in poetry:
Moon Wolf in wild verse: 'Moon Wolf howls at the silver orb, its cry blending solitude and pack loyalty into poetry of primal yearning and belonging.'; Poets channel instinct: 'Under Moon Wolf's influence, verses gain sharp teeth and keen senses, tracking truth through the underbrush of emotion.'; A fierce ode: 'Moon Wolf teaches the balance of ferocity and tenderness, guiding bards to protect their creative territory with passionate intensity.'; Moon Wolf for freedom: 'Running beneath the Moon Wolf's gaze, the poet embraces untamed rhythms and the thrill of the nocturnal hunt for meaning.'; Archetypal power: 'Moon Wolf embodies the wild lunar call, reminding us that poetry thrives when it honors both the lone voice and the echoing chorus.'
Additional Notes
The Moon Wolf archetype howls under moonlight as lunar companion embodying wild instinct, solitude, and pack loyalty; folklore inspires primal, passionate poetry honoring untamed rhythms and communal calls.
Also Known As
lunar canine howler under stars werewolf kin
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