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

Home › Glossary › Letter M

Mosque

World Religion
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

A place of worship for Muslims, centered around prayer, community gathering, and spiritual reflection.

Detailed Definition
The mosque (masjid) is more than a building—it is a sacred space where the faithful align in rows facing Mecca, embodying unity and equality before God. Architecturally marked by domes, courtyards, and minarets, it serves as a hub for education, charity, and communal life. In poetry, the mosque symbolizes sanctuary, divine presence, and the rhythm of daily devotion. Poets describe its stillness at dawn, the echo of adhan, or its lamps at night to evoke peace, longing, or the contrast between sacred refuge and worldly chaos.
Example
Example in poetry:
A community poem: “The mosque is not just prayer—it’s food drives, ESL classes, and shared grief”; In a modern verse, “After the bombing, the mosque became a hospital—and still called to prayer”; A minimalist lyric: “Mosque: house of prostration, heart of neighborhood”; A diasporic reflection: “Our mosque has no dome—but it has dignity.”
Additional Notes
A Mosque (Masjid in Arabic, meaning "place of prostration") is the Muslim place of worship. It is primarily a space for communal prayer (Salat), but also serves as a community center, school, and place for social gathering. The simplest mosque requires only a clean space oriented towards the Qibla. Its architecture, often featuring domes, minarets, and Mihrabs, reflects both local culture and universal Islamic principles.
Also Known As
Masjid Jami Musalla
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