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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Proof

Printing
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 trial impression made for checking text and design before final printing. It is used to find errors and approve layout.

Detailed Definition
A proof is a preliminary printed or digital impression reviewed before an edition is finalized. Poets, editors, and printers use proofs to catch typographical errors, incorrect line breaks, missing punctuation, uneven spacing, and page-design problems. Proofreading poetry requires special attention because a single altered indentation or broken stanza can affect meaning and rhythm. Successive proofs may also be checked for page numbers, running heads, illustrations, and the accuracy of acknowledgments or colophon details.
Example
Example in poetry:
A proof is a preliminary printed or digital version checked before a poetry book is finalized; A poet reads a proof to catch a missing line break in a villanelle; In a proof, the author may notice that an em dash has been changed incorrectly to a hyphen; Comparing a proof with the manuscript helps ensure that stanza spacing and italics remain accurate
Additional Notes
A proof is checked for spelling, punctuation, lineation, page numbers, and visual errors before publication. Authors should compare it carefully with the approved manuscript, especially in poetry.
Also Known As
Printer's Proof Proof Copy
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