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

Home › Glossary › Letter P

Path

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 common metaphor for a spiritual journey, a way of life, or a set of practices leading to a sacred goal.

Detailed Definition
The concept of a path is universal: the Tao in Taoism, the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism, and Sharia in Islam. It provides a structured approach to spiritual development, offering guidance and discipline. In poetry, the path is a central archetype for the soul's journey through life, with its obstacles, choices, and milestones. It symbolizes seeking, progress, pilgrimage, and the ultimate goal of union with the divine or attainment of enlightenment, making the abstract process of spiritual growth concrete and narrative.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Buddhist poetry, the Path (Magga) leads to liberation: “Noble Eightfold Path—Path of right view, right speech, right breath”; In Sufi verse, Path is love’s journey: “Caravan of seekers—Path has no map, only heart”; In biblical psalms, Path is guided by God: “Your word—Path for my feet in dark places”; Contemporary poets describe Path as choice: “Every decision—Path forked with consequence and grace.”
Additional Notes
Path (marga in Sanskrit, tariqah in Sufism, halakhah in Judaism) structures spiritual life as journey; it implies direction, discipline, and companionship; poets use path imagery—footprints, crossroads, winding trails—to map inner transformation, emphasizing process over destination and the humility of one step at a time.
Also Known As
Dharma Path Eightfold Path Way
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