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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

ring toss

Games
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

Ring toss is a game in which players throw rings onto upright pegs or bottles to score.

Detailed Definition
Ring toss enters poetry as a fairground emblem of the simple aim and the capture of the upright. In modern verse it symbolizes the accessible target. Poets use ring toss to explore themes of the tossed circle, the standing peg, and the cultural pastime that has framed the light contests of skill at the carnival and the party.
Example
Example in poetry:
Ring toss’s arcing circles and upright pegs supply poets with images of simple and festive aim; Verse of the fair or the lawn uses the game for the light contest of accuracy; “The ring settled over the peg as if it had been meant for no other home” illustrates easy success; Educational poetry shows the sport as the accessible descendant of older quoits; Poets keep ring toss when the stakes must remain low and the pleasure high.
Additional Notes
Ring toss’s arcing circles and upright pegs create a light and festive emblem of accuracy and easy success. The game’s fair and lawn associations allow poets to lower the temperature of the contest while still retaining the pleasure of aim. Teachers may contrast the ring toss with the heavier quoit or horseshoe. Related tossing games include the various ring games. The image works best when the stakes must remain low and the pleasure high.
Also Known As
Ring Toss Game Circular Challenge Looping Target Aiming Rings quoit
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