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

Restlessness

Psychology
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

An inability to remain at rest or content, manifesting as physical fidgeting or mental agitation; a psychological state frequently rendered in dramatic lyrics to signal inner turmoil, desire, or thwarted purpose.

Detailed Definition
Restlessness in poetry moves through shifting scenes, broken rhythms, and images of pacing, traveling, or tossing. It captures creative energy, anxiety, or the search for meaning. Poets use it in quest narratives, urban verse, and confessional lyrics. Restlessness drives the speaker forward, often without resolution, reflecting modern displacement. It invites readers into the unsettled mind, where stasis feels like death and motion is a fragile hope.
Example
Example in poetry:
Restlessness in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" where restlessness is a theme; In Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," restlessness is a driving force; In contemporary poetry, restlessness reflects modern life; In "The Waste Land," restlessness is a symptom; In confessional poetry, restlessness is a theme; In dramatic monologues, restlessness drives the speaker.
Additional Notes
Restlessness in poetry moves through shifting scenes, broken rhythms, and images of pacing, traveling, or tossing, capturing creative energy, anxiety, or the search for meaning. In teaching, distinguish restlessness from anxiety: restlessness is inability to be still, while anxiety is diffuse worry. Poets use it in quest narratives, urban verse, and confessional lyrics. Restlessness drives speakers forward without resolution. Students should examine how poets use enjambment, shifting imagery, and verbs of motion to convey restlessness's unsettled, questing energy.
Also Known As
Agitation unease fidgeting anxiety instability Impatience
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