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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Red Grass Moon

Folklore
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 Red Grass Moon is an alternative April name, referring to the appearance of reddish new grass or shoots in spring thaws.

Detailed Definition
It celebrates early vegetative resurgence. In poetry, the Red Grass Moon evokes blood-tinged vitality, earth's awakening blush, sacrifice yielding growth, and lunar blessing on tender life, inspiring verses on fragile hope, renewal's cost, and chromatic seasonal poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
Red Grass Moon in Native-inspired poetry: 'Red Grass Moon illuminates autumn prairies, its warm glow turning grasses to flame and inspiring verses of transition and vibrant farewell.'; Poets evoke landscape: 'When Red Grass Moon rises, the plains pulse with color, teaching poets to see beauty in the shift from growth to dormancy.'; A vivid piece: 'Red Grass Moon paints the world in russet tones, where every blade becomes a stroke in nature's fiery farewell poem.'; Red Grass Moon for harvest close: 'It marks the final gathering, blending celebration with the poignant awareness of cycles ending and renewing.'; Cultural resonance: 'Red Grass Moon carries stories of survival and thanks, enriching poetry with grounded, earthy wisdom and seasonal gratitude.'
Additional Notes
Red Grass Moon, an alternative April name, evokes reddish new grass or shoots signaling spring's fiery awakening; poetry captures vibrant transition and earth's blushing vitality.
Also Known As
blood moon harvest scarlet autumnal glow
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