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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the 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.

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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New Wave Poetry

Historical And Literary Periods
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 mid-20th century movement in French literature and criticism featuring stylistic innovation and rejection of conventional narrative. Associated with nouveau roman and influenced experimental literature globally.

Detailed Definition
The New Wave influenced poetry through formal experimentation and rejection of conventional expectations. Poets embraced innovative techniques and challenging structures. This movement appears in poetry through fragmented and non-linear narrative, formal experimentation and innovation, rejection of conventional coherence, philosophical engagement with meaning and perception, and establishment of new wave aesthetics as influential in experimental contemporary poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem (often from the 1960s-70s) that is energetic, accessible, often satirical, and influenced by pop culture and performance, distinguishing New Wave Poetry; A work that uses common, everyday language, often dealing with domestic or urban subjects without high-flown rhetoric; A poem structured with short, punchy lines and a fast, almost journalistic pace; A lyrical piece that blends elements of the counterculture, rock music, and political irreverence.
Additional Notes
New Wave Poetry (1960s–1970s) embraced experimentation, political radicalism, and youth culture. It reflected countercultural rebellion, merging pop aesthetics with avant-garde form.
Also Known As
New Wave Nouvelle Vague
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