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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Rabi'

World Religion
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

The third month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with spring and the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in some traditions.

Detailed Definition
Rabi’ al-Awwal (often shortened to Rabi’) is celebrated by many Muslims with poetry, gatherings, and charitable acts honoring the Prophet’s birth. Though not universally observed, it inspires devotional literature worldwide. In poetry, Rabi’ symbolizes renewal, mercy, and the blossoming of divine guidance. Poets liken the Prophet’s arrival to spring rain—reviving hearts, ending spiritual drought, and bringing fragrance to a barren world.
Example
Example in poetry:
A seasonal poem: “Rabī‘ al-Awwal is the month of mercy—when the Prophet’s light entered the world”; In a modern verse, “We celebrate Mawlid not with fireworks, but with feeding the hungry”; A minimalist lyric: “Rabī‘: spring of the soul”; A diasporic reflection: “In winter Chicago, Rabī‘ brings inner bloom.”
Additional Notes
Rabi' al-Awwal is the third month of the Islamic calendar. It is most notable as the month in which the Prophet Muhammad was born. Many Muslims celebrate this occasion with gatherings (Mawlid) where they recite poetry and stories about his life. For some, it is a time of joyous celebration, while others focus more on studying his Seerah (biography) without specific ritual observance, reflecting different theological perspectives.
Also Known As
Rabi' al-awwal Rabi' al-thani
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