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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Palti

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

Husband of Michal, Saul’s daughter, who wept when she was taken back by David

Detailed Definition
Palti (or Paltiel), married to Michal after David’s exile, followed her weeping when David reclaimed her (2 Samuel 3:15–16). He embodies powerless love and political dispossession. In poetry, Palti symbolizes the collateral damage of royal ambition, the grief of the overlooked spouse, and the pathos of unrequited devotion—often portrayed as a silent sufferer in the drama of kings.
Example
Example in poetry:
In 2 Samuel 3:15–16, Palti’s weeping inspires dramatic poetry about powerless love; 19th-century verse depicts Palti following Michal as symbol of political heartbreak; Contemporary poems imagine Palti’s dignity in loss without rebellion; In poems about forced separation, Palti embodies quiet grief; Some historical poems honor Palti as footnote of compassion in a ruthless age; Educational poems cite Palti to teach about royal marriages and personal cost.
Additional Notes
Palti (or Paltiel), husband of Michal after Saul gave her to him, weeps as she is taken back by David (2 Samuel 3); his brief, poignant appearance humanizes the political maneuvering around Michal; he symbolizes the collateral emotional cost of power struggles—ideal for poems on love, loss, and political dispossession.
Also Known As
Palti son of Laish Paltiel husband of Michal
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