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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Paris

Mythology
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

The Trojan prince whose elopement with Helen ignited the Trojan War, often symbolizing desire, fate, and judgment in poetry.

Detailed Definition
Paris, son of Priam, chose Aphrodite in the Judgment of Paris and eloped with Helen, igniting a decade-long war. Though handsome, he is often portrayed as weak-willed. Poets reference Paris to explore themes of choice, desire’s consequences, and the fragility of peace.
Example
Example in poetry:
Homer’s Iliad presents Paris as abductor of Helen and cause of Troy’s war; Ovid’s Heroides includes letters between Paris and Helen; Euripides’ Trojan Women critiques his role in the city’s fall; Virgil’s Aeneid recalls his fatal arrow against Achilles; Later poetry uses Paris as a symbol of beauty without valor; In allegory, he represents the dangers of indulgent love.
Additional Notes
Paris (Alexandros), whose judgment of the goddesses leads to Helen’s abduction, is portrayed as beautiful but weak (Iliad). Students should contrast him with Hector—Paris embodies desire over duty. His arrow kills Achilles, showing how minor figures can alter fate. Later, he symbolizes the dangers of aesthetic choice. Related: Judgment of Paris, Helen, Trojan War causality.
Also Known As
Paris the Judger Alexandros the Abductor Trojan Prince Lover of Helen Archer of Apollo
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