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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.

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 Lidwina

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

15th-century Dutch mystic who endured decades of illness and paralysis, offering her suffering redemptively.

Detailed Definition
Saint Lidwina's prolonged pain was seen as mystical participation in Christ's Passion. In poetry, she represents vicarious suffering and the value of chronic illness. Poets use her in verses on endurance and spiritual fruitfulness through bodily limitation. Her story enriches themes of redemptive pain in late medieval women's mysticism.
Example
Example in poetry:
Saint Louis de Montfort's True Devotion shapes Marian consecration poetry on total belonging and apostolic zeal.; Poets reference Saint Louis de Montfort in 18th-century French verse promoting Sacred Heart and Mary.; A devotional lyric might adapt his hymns.; Students could explore his missionary preaching.; His legacy inspires themes of interior slavery and loving surrender.
Additional Notes
Saint Lidwina of Schiedam (1380–1433), Dutch mystic who endured decades of paralysis and illness, offering her suffering redemptively. In poetry, she represents vicarious participation in Christ's Passion through chronic pain. Usage tip: use her prolonged trials in verses on endurance and spiritual fruitfulness; related to other suffering mystics like Christina the Astonishing, she enriches late medieval women's poetry on redemptive bodily limitation.
Also Known As
Lidwina of Schiedam Lidwina the Patient St. Lidwina
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