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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Psyche

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

Psyche is the Greek term for the soul, mind, or self. It encompasses the totality of human consciousness, including thoughts, feelings, and the unconscious.

Detailed Definition
The psyche is the subject of psychology and of much poetry. In poetry, it is the inner world explored through language. Poems delve into the psyche to articulate emotions, conflicts, and aspirations. The poetic voice is an expression of the psyche, making it a central concern. This term grounds poetry in the depths of human interiority, emphasizing its role in understanding and articulating the self.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem that explores the speaker's inner turmoil, like many of Sylvia Plath's poems, is an examination of the psyche; The whole of the "Confessional" school of poetry is dedicated to exploring the poet's psyche; A poem that uses dream imagery, such as a poem by Robert Frost, is plumbing the depths of the psyche; The persona poems of Ai are explorations of the psyches of various characters, entering their minds and experiences.
Additional Notes
Psyche is the ancient Greek term for the soul, mind, or self. It encompasses the totality of human consciousness, including thoughts, feelings, desires, and the unconscious. It is the inner realm of human experience. In poetry, the psyche is the central subject of exploration. Poems delve into the psyche to articulate emotions, conflicts, aspirations, and dreams. The poetic voice is an expression of the psyche, making it a primary concern. This term grounds poetry in the depths of human interiority, emphasizing its role in understanding and articulating the complex, often mysterious workings of the mind and spirit. It is the very ground of all introspective and psychological poetry.
Other Meanings of “Psyche”
Also Known As
Soul Mind Inner self Psychic life
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