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.

I want a simpler life, without the hassle of being online. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the life I want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the 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.

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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Saint Kevin

Saints
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

6th-century Irish abbot known for miracles with nature, like the blackbird nesting in his hand.

Detailed Definition
Saint Kevin's legendary gentleness toward wildlife and monastic simplicity inspires Irish verses celebrating ecological harmony, contemplative solitude, and compassionate stewardship of creation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Saint Kevin's miracle with the blackbird nesting in his hand is used in Irish monastic poetry celebrating gentle ecology and harmony with nature.; Poets reference his abbot life in verses on patience and wildlife as divine signs.; In Celtic nature lyrics, he symbolizes contemplative stillness amid creation.; A poet could dramatize the bird incident in meditative poems on obedience and wonder.; His Glendalough foundation inspires pilgrimage verses on sacred Irish landscapes.
Additional Notes
Saint Kevin of Glendalough (d. c. 618), Irish abbot whose hand became a nest for a blackbird, exemplifies patience and harmony with creation in monastic legends. Poets celebrate his gentle ecology in Celtic nature verse. Tip: use the bird incident for stillness and wonder motifs; related to Columba, he models contemplative coexistence with wildlife.
Also Known As
Kevin of Glendalough St. Kevin
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