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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Providence

Philosophy
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

Providence is the protective care and guidance of God or nature. It implies a divine plan for the world, ensuring that events ultimately serve a good purpose.

Detailed Definition
Providence is a theological concept central to many worldviews. In poetry, it appears as a theme of destiny, faith, or theodicy. A poem might celebrate a divine order or lament its apparent absence. The tension between providence and chaos is a powerful source of drama, as poets explore whether the universe is governed by a benevolent purpose or is merely random. This concept gives cosmic weight to poetic reflection.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem that celebrates the power of nature, like a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, can be seen as an expression of providence; The comforting vision of a divine plan in a religious poem, like a hymn, is a form of providence; A poem of thanksgiving, like George Herbert's "Easter-wings," is a direct expression of faith in providence; The sense that "all is for the best" in a poem by Alexander Pope is a statement of providential belief.
Additional Notes
Providence is the theological and philosophical concept of the protective care, guidance, and governance of the world by a divine being or nature. It implies a cosmic plan or purpose, where events are ultimately directed towards a good end, even if that end is not immediately apparent. This concept is central to many religious and philosophical systems. In poetry, providence appears as a theme of destiny, faith, gratitude, or, conversely, the problem of evil. A poem might celebrate a divine plan or lament its apparent absence. The tension between the belief in a benevolent purpose and the evidence of chaos and suffering is a powerful source of drama and reflection in poetry, giving it a profound moral and spiritual weight.
Also Known As
Divine providence God's will Fate Divine plan
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