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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

Home › Glossary › Letter R

Regiment

Military
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 regiment is a military unit typically composed of several battalions, often bearing a distinct historical identity and name.

Detailed Definition
The regiment carries strong associations with tradition, honor, and collective identity, as regiments often maintain historical names, colors, and legacies passed down through generations of soldiers. Poets invoke the regiment to explore themes of belonging and continuity within military institutions, as well as the tragic irony when proud regimental traditions lead men into devastating losses, their storied names becoming memorials to mass casualties.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might invoke a regiment's storied history and name, now inseparable from tragic mass losses; Poets use "regiment" to explore belonging and continuity within long-standing military institutions; A verse could contrast a regiment's proud traditions with the devastating losses it suffered in battle; The term appears in elegiac poetry honoring specific regiments as living memorials; A poem might describe survivors of a regiment gathering to remember comrades who did not return; Historical war poetry sometimes uses regiments to explore collective identity forged through shared sacrifice.
Additional Notes
A regiment is a military unit typically composed of several battalions, often bearing a distinct historical identity and traditions. Regiments are the basic building blocks of armies, with a rich heritage and a unique "esprit de corps." Soldiers identify strongly with their regiment, whose history and honors shape their identity. In poetry, the regiment represents the continuity of military life, the lineage of soldiers who have fought and died under the same colors. Related terms include brigade, battalion, and corps. The regimental system, with its ceremonies and traditions, is a key feature of many armies, fostering loyalty and pride. The loss of a regiment's colors is a profound humiliation.
Also Known As
Unit Corps Battalion Brigade Infantry Regiment
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