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

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sage

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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

A wise elder or philosopher, often consulted for counsel or moral insight

Detailed Definition
The sage appears in poetry as an archetype of wisdom, reflection, and ethical clarity. Historically revered in Eastern and Western traditions, sages offered perspective beyond temporal concerns. In verse, they symbolize truth, detachment, and the pursuit of understanding. Poets use sages to explore themes of knowledge versus action, the value of contemplation, and the human longing for guidance in times of uncertainty or moral confusion.
Example
Example in poetry:
In didactic poetry, the sage offers counsel beneath an ancient olive tree; Eastern poetic traditions, like those of Li Bai, portray the sage as one who harmonizes with nature; The sage’s silence speaks louder than kings’ decrees in allegorical verse; Poets contrast the sage’s wisdom with the courtier’s flattery; In mystical poetry, the sage perceives truths hidden from ordinary eyes; Modern verse uses “sage” to critique modernity’s loss of contemplative depth.
Additional Notes
Sages were not formal officeholders but respected elders or philosophers whose counsel shaped communities; in historical contexts, they might advise kings or mediate disputes—poetic sages embody wisdom, reflection, or moral clarity; distinguishing them from clerics or scholars clarifies their role as intuitive rather than institutional authorities in allegorical or didactic verse.
Other Meanings of “sage”
Also Known As
wise man philosopher sage scholar The Teacher The Wise Man Rishi Salvia druid wise
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