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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Paradise

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 state or place of perfect happiness, bliss, and harmony, often the abode of the righteous after death.

Detailed Definition
Paradise (from Old Persian for 'walled garden') is conceived as Eden in Judaism/Christianity, Jannah in Islam, and the Pure Land in Buddhism. It represents the ultimate reward and the restoration of a lost ideal. In poetry, paradise symbolizes yearning for a perfect world, innocence, and the fulfillment of all desires. It is a powerful image of hope and a contrast to the flawed human condition. Poets also explore the idea of finding paradise on earth or within the heart.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Islamic poetry, Paradise (Jannah) is garden of delight: “Rivers flow—Paradise where every thirst is quenched”; In Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” Paradise is cosmic harmony; In Sufi verse, Paradise is union with Beloved: “Your eyes—Paradise I seek in this life”; Contemporary poets reimagine Paradise: “Paradise is clean water, safe streets, a child’s laugh.”
Additional Notes
Paradise (Persian: pairidaeza, “walled garden”) appears as Eden, Jannah, or Pure Land—a restored harmony of soul, nature, and divine presence; unlike static heaven, paradise often implies dynamic communion; poets depict it through sensory abundance (rivers, fruit, birdsong) or as a state of heart already accessible through love, justice, or awakened perception.
Also Known As
Jannah Eden Heaven Firdaus Garden Aidenn Darien heav'n Xanadu
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