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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 P

Panhandle

Winds
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

Panhandle refers to the strong, dry winds that sweep across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle, especially during spring, often associated with dust storms and fire risk.

Detailed Definition
These winds are a hallmark of the Southern Plains, notorious for their unrelenting force and their role in the Dust Bowl. In American Southwestern poetry, the panhandle wind embodies the harsh, defiant spirit of the frontier, the barren beauty of the high plains, and the struggle of farmers and ranchers. It carries dust and tumbleweeds, evoking displacement, endurance, and the vast, empty sky. Poets use it to symbolise the relentless passage of time, the erosion of memory, and the stark, unforgiving nature of a land that demands resilience.
Example
Example in poetry:
Panhandle|Panhandle refers to the strong, dry winds that sweep across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle, especially during spring, often associated with dust storms and fire risk.|These winds are a hallmark of the Southern Plains, notorious for their unrelenting force and their role in the Dust Bowl. In American Southwestern poetry, the panhandle wind embodies the harsh, defiant spirit of the frontier, the barren beauty of the high plains, and the struggle of farmers and ranchers. It carries dust and tumbleweeds, evoking displacement, endurance, and the vast, empty sky. Poets use it to symbolize the relentless passage of time, the erosion of memory, and the stark, unforgiving nature of a land that demands resilience.;
Additional Notes
The panhandle wind is a strong, dry wind that sweeps across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle during spring, often associated with dust storms and fire risk. These winds are a hallmark of the Southern Plains, notorious for their unrelenting force and their role in the Dust Bowl, embodying the harsh, defiant spirit of the frontier. In American Southwestern poetry, the panhandle wind represents the barren beauty of the high plains, the struggle of farmers and ranchers, and the vast, empty sky. It carries dust and tumbleweeds, evoking displacement, endurance, and the relentless passage of time. Poets can use the panhandle wind to explore the erosion of memory, the stark, unforgiving nature of a land that demands resilience, and the tension between human effort and the harsh, dry forces of the environment. It is a wind of the open plains, a force that shapes both the landscape and the character of those who live on it.
Also Known As
narrow strip Texas appendage geographic handle
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