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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 Lawrence Ruiz

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

The first canonized Filipino saint, representing migration, family loyalty, conscience, and steadfastness under persecution.

Detailed Definition
Saint Lawrence Ruiz was a Filipino layman who traveled to Japan and died during persecution, refusing to renounce his faith. Poetry can place him within the emotional geography of migration: departure from home, unfamiliar streets, remembered family, and the pressure to survive by surrendering one’s deepest convictions. His story suits poems about diaspora, translation, belonging, and the complicated courage of carrying one homeland’s moral memory into another’s danger.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem may portray Saint Lawrence Ruiz leaving home and facing martyrdom as an image of courage under exile; A sonnet can use Saint Lawrence Ruiz’s Filipino and Chinese heritage to explore belonging across cultures; A historical poem might place Saint Lawrence Ruiz on a ship at sea, turning the voyage into a passage toward conviction; A poem about family can invoke Saint Lawrence Ruiz as a father whose faith and love remain present even in danger
Additional Notes
Saint Lawrence Ruiz, born in Manila, is honored as the first canonized Filipino saint and as a martyr in Japan. His story can illuminate migration, homesickness, family loyalty, conscience, and courage under pressure. In poetry, an image of a traveler carrying several cultures may suggest identity shaped by movement, while his steadfastness can contrast inner conviction with political persecution.
Also Known As
Lorenzo Ruiz Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
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