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

Ruth

Biblical
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

Moabite woman in the Bible whose devotion to her mother-in-law Naomi led to her inclusion in the lineage of King David.

Detailed Definition
Ruth’s vow to Naomi and gleaning in Boaz’s field exemplify hesed (loyal love). Her inclusion in Jesus’ genealogy highlights grace for outsiders. In poetry, Ruth symbolizes steadfast love, the dignity of the foreigner, and providence working through humble faithfulness—often representing the quiet heroine whose loyalty reshapes history and fulfills covenant.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Ruth 1–4, Ruth’s loyalty inspires poetry across cultures and centuries; Adrienne Rich’s feminist verse honors Ruth as immigrant and loyal daughter-in-law; Contemporary poems explore Ruth’s gleaning as dignity in poverty; In poems about covenant love, Ruth’s vow—“Your people shall be my people”—resonates deeply; Some liturgical works honor Ruth as Moabitess in David’s line and Christ’s ancestry; Educational poems cite Ruth to teach about hesed and inclusion.
Additional Notes
Ruth, a Moabitess who clings to Naomi and becomes David’s ancestor, embodies hesed (loyal love); her story subverts ethnic and gender barriers; the Book of Ruth is itself lyrical and redemptive, making her a central figure for poems on belonging, providence, and quiet heroism.
Other Meanings of “Ruth”
Also Known As
Ruth of Moab Ruth the Moabitess Compassion Pity Rue Sorrow
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