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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

Rin

Dialect
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

Rin means to run or rush about, often implying haste or distress.

Detailed Definition
Boyd opens with "I rin," capturing the poet-lover's frantic pursuit. In Scottish poetry, "rin" conveys kinetic energy and emotional urgency, suiting themes of uncontrollable desire. Its monosyllabic punch aids meter and alliteration, making it ideal for dynamic expression in sonnets and ballads where physical action mirrors psychological turmoil.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Mark Alexander Boyd's Sonet: "Fra banc to banc, fra wod to wod, I rin" – 'rin' meaning run (the speaker runs restlessly); A poet might compose: "My thoughts rin wild like deer across the moor" to employ 'rin' for swift mental or physical motion; Educational example: "The burn rins clear frae mountain to the sea" showing 'rin' as flows or hurries in landscape poetry; In pursuit: "I rin to catch the fleein' moment's grace" illustrating 'rin' for chasing time or love; Hypothetical usage: "Let joy rin free through every vein and limb" to demonstrate liberating energy in celebratory verse.
Additional Notes
Rin means to run, flow, or rush, often implying anxious or uncontrolled movement in Scots; Boyd's speaker "rin[s]" between banks and woods; poets use it for restless quests or natural flows like burns; usage tip: conveys urgency in meter; related to "rin" in ballads depicting pursuit, exile, or lively action.
Also Known As
Run
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