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

Peacock

Birds
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 resplendent bird with iridescent tail feathers, symbolizing vanity, beauty, and immortality.

Detailed Definition
The peacock’s extravagant display has made it a symbol of pride, resurrection (in Christian iconography), and divine glory in poetry. Its “eyes” suggest omniscience, while its strutting evokes human folly. Poets use the peacock to explore the tension between surface beauty and inner truth, or to celebrate the sacred in flamboyance—often as a counterpoint to modesty or humility.
Example
Example in poetry:
In W.B. Yeats’s “The Peacock,” the bird’s tail “full of eyes” symbolizes divine omniscience and vanity; Christian poetry uses the peacock to represent resurrection, as its flesh was thought not to decay; Poets contrast the peacock’s strutting with humble birds to explore pride and beauty; In Indian verse, the peacock is linked to monsoon and divine dance; Its iridescence becomes a metaphor for shifting perspectives and surface illusion.
Additional Notes
The peacock—resplendent with iridescent “eyes” on its train—symbolizes vanity, divine glory, and resurrection (in Christian iconography). Its strutting display evokes human pride; its hidden strength offers duality. W.B. Yeats used it to explore omniscience and beauty. Related concepts: “sacred flamboyance,” “ocular symbolism,” “courtly bird.” Ideal for examining the tension between surface spectacle and inner truth.
Also Known As
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Peahen (female) Peafowl coxcomb
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