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

Home › Glossary › Letter R

Rephidim

Historical Location
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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 desert station where the Israelites quarreled over water and fought Amalek

Detailed Definition
Rephidim is where Moses struck the rock to bring water and where Joshua defeated Amalek under Moses’ raised hands (Exodus 17). It symbolizes testing, divine provision, and spiritual warfare. Poets use Rephidim to depict moments where faith is forged in crisis and victory depends on intercession and unity.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Exodus 17, Rephidim is where Israel quarrels for water and battles Amalek; The prophet’s staff raised at Rephidim inspires poetry on intercession and victory; Modern wilderness poetry uses Rephidim to explore doubt and divine testing; In liturgical verse, Rephidim symbolizes communal struggle and leadership; Contemporary eco-poetry references Rephidim’s thirst as metaphor for spiritual and physical need.
Additional Notes
Rephidim, where Israel fought Amalek and Moses raised his hands (Exodus 17), symbolizes intercession and communal struggle. In poetry, it represents spiritual warfare and leadership. Students should note its association with Massah (“testing”) and Meribah (“quarreling”).
Also Known As
Place of Quarreling Waters of Massah Amalek’s Defeat Desert Trial
Skip to main content