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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Moses

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

Prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments

Detailed Definition
Moses, raised in Pharaoh’s court, became God’s instrument for liberation and lawgiving at Mount Sinai. In poetry, he symbolizes divine mission, leadership through adversity, and the bridge between human and divine law.
Example
Example in poetry:
In the biblical Exodus rendered poetically in the Psalms, Moses leads Israel through parted seas; In John Milton’s "Paradise Regained," Moses prefigures Christ’s law-giving; In W.H. Auden’s “For the Time Being,” Moses symbolizes liberation from oppression; In T.S. Eliot’s “Ash-Wednesday,” Moses’ mountain echoes spiritual ascent; In modern Jewish poetry, Moses often represents prophetic leadership; In Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” Moses’ journey mirrors Caribbean exodus.
Additional Notes
Moses, biblical lawgiver and prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt, represents divine revelation, leadership under duress, and the mediator between God and people; poets invoke him in works about liberation, covenant, and the burden of prophecy—his encounter with the burning bush and reception of the Ten Commandments symbolize theophany and ethical foundation, influencing prophetic and political poetry across traditions.
Also Known As
Lawgiver Prophet of Exodus Liberator of Israel
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