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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Palsy

Medical Terms
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

An old term for paralysis or uncontrollable trembling, especially associated with age or nervous disorders. In poetry it symbolises weakness, decay, and the loss of vitality.

Detailed Definition
Palsy historically referred to paralysis, trembling, or loss of muscular control, conditions often linked to neurological disorders or advanced age. The term appeared widely in early medical writing and everyday speech before modern diagnostic language replaced it. In poetry, palsy evokes images of shaking limbs, failing strength, and the gradual decline of the body. Writers used it to symbolise the frailty of old age, the weakening of human power, or the trembling fear of approaching death, making it a vivid metaphor for physical and spiritual deterioration.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespeare wrote of the palsy of old age; The veteran suffered from shaking palsy; Poets use palsy to describe trembling or paralysis; The hand shook with the palsy of nervousness; He was struck down by a sudden palsy; Palsy was a common term for paralysis in verse.
Additional Notes
Palsy historically referred to paralysis or trembling disorders. In poetry it often symbolises weakness, ageing, or loss of control. The trembling associated with palsy can represent fear or vulnerability. Writers sometimes contrast youthful strength with the palsied limbs of old age.
Also Known As
Shaking Palsy Paralytic Tremor palsied
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