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.

I want a simpler life, without the hassle of being online. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the life I want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the 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.

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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Pharaonic poetry

Genre
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

Verse composed in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharaohs.

Detailed Definition
Pharaonic poetry denotes verse inspired by or imitating the monumental, ceremonial style of ancient Egyptian texts—hymns, tomb inscriptions, royal decrees—characterized by parallelism, divine invocation, and themes of eternity, order (ma’at), and cosmic power; modern adaptations often blend historical allusion with postcolonial critique.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poems inscribed on ancient Egyptian monuments or tombs, praising pharaohs or gods; Hymns to the sun god Ra or the river Nile from the New Kingdom period; Love songs from the New Kingdom, showcasing Egyptian secular poetry; Coffin Texts or the Book of the Dead, containing ritualistic spells and incantations.
Additional Notes
Pharaonic poetry: Poetry that relates to or evokes the culture, history, and mythology of Ancient Egypt, often featuring themes of monumentality, eternity, and the gods/afterlife.
Also Known As
Egyptian court poetry dynastic verse Nile lyric Ancient Egyptian
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