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

pig

Fauna
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 pig is a stout, bristly, snouted omnivore, often associated with the farmyard, symbolizing gluttony, uncleanliness, but also intelligence, fertility, and the earthy, comic, and sacred in various traditions.

Detailed Definition
The pig carries a complex literary heritage, ranging from the biblical prohibition to the Celtic boar of war, but in pastoral poetry it often appears as the fat, contented rooter in the mud, representing the pleasures of the flesh and the cycle of plenty. Its intelligence, often overlooked, can be a counter-symbol for hidden wisdom. Poets use the pig to explore themes of appetite, the grotesque, and the grounding, messy realities of rural life, often with affection for its grunting, wallowing, and final sacrifice to the table.
Example
Example in poetry:
Ogden Nash's "The Pig" uses irony to criticize human cruelty.; A poet might write, "A pig is big a pig is fat a pig is not a thing to pat".; The pig can symbolize gluttony and intelligence.; Its role in the farmyard is noted.; The animal's emotional sensitivity is a modern theme.
Additional Notes
The pig carries a complex literary heritage, ranging from the biblical prohibition to the Celtic boar of war, but in pastoral poetry it often appears as the fat, contented rooter in the mud, representing the pleasures of the flesh and the cycle of plenty. Its intelligence, often overlooked, can be a counter-symbol for hidden wisdom. Poets like Sylvia Plath have used the sow to explore themes of maternal grotesquerie, while Ogden Nash's "The Pig" uses irony to criticize human cruelty. The pig's role in the cycle of the farm—as a consumer of waste and a provider of meat—makes it a figure for the practical, the grounded, and the unromantic. When writing, consider the pig as a figure for appetite, abundance, or the earth itself.
Also Known As
Swine hog Grumphie
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