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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

pumps

Apparel
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 type of shoe with a low cut and no fastening, often worn for formal occasions, appearing in poetry as a marker of elegance, dancing, and the social ballroom.

Detailed Definition
Pumps are classic formal footwear, characterized by their sleek, low-cut design and smooth leather or satin construction. In poetry, they frequently appear in ballroom and court scenes, where gentlemen and ladies dance in elegant pumps. Their lack of laces or buckles gives them a clean, continuous line, and their patent leather or satin sheen catches the light of chandeliers. In love poetry, a lady might notice a gentleman's pumps as he approaches for a dance. In narrative poetry, pumps can signify a character's social aspirations or their adherence to formal codes. Their delicate construction also makes them unsuitable for rough ground, so their presence often signals an indoor or urban setting. The word itself is crisp and short, fitting well with rhythmic verse about social rituals.
Example
Example in poetry:
"Her pumps of patent leather were mirrors of the ballroom floor"; "The pumps' low heel made her dance all night without regret"; "He polished his pumps until they shone like black water"; "The pumps, scuffed from the taxi, were the only evidence of her journey"; "She kicked off her pumps and felt the carpet under her feet"; "The pumps' satin ribbon was the same shade as her dress"
Additional Notes
Pumps are classic formal footwear, characterized by their sleek, low-cut design and smooth leather or satin construction. In poetry, they frequently appear in ballroom and court scenes, where gentlemen and ladies dance in elegant pumps. Their lack of laces or buckles gives them a clean, continuous line, and their patent leather or satin sheen catches the light of chandeliers. In love poetry, a lady might notice a gentleman's pumps as he approaches for a dance. In narrative poetry, pumps can signify a character's social aspirations or their adherence to formal codes. Their delicate construction also makes them unsuitable for rough ground, so their presence often signals an indoor or urban setting. Related terms include heels, slippers, and shoes. Students should note the pump's association with formal occasions, dancing, and elegance.
Also Known As
court shoes dancing slippers light footwear
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