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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. 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.

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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Saint Vincent Ferrer

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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

14th-15th century Dominican preacher whose missions across Europe converted thousands and included apocalyptic warnings.

Detailed Definition
Saint Vincent Ferrer traveled tirelessly, performing miracles and calling for repentance. In poetry, he symbolizes itinerant zeal and the power of the preached word. Poets reference his sermons in verses on judgment and renewal. His legacy enriches medieval missionary poetry exploring eschatology and the Dominican charism of proclamation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Saint Vincent Ferrer's apocalyptic preaching inspires medieval missionary poetry on repentance and mass conversion.; Poets reference Saint Vincent Ferrer in 15th-century verse celebrating his tireless travels and miracles.; A dramatic lyric might portray his calls to judgment across Europe.; Students could use his Dominican charism in proclamation sequences.; His legacy enriches themes of eschatological zeal and the power of the preached word.
Additional Notes
Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Dominican preacher whose missions across Europe converted thousands and included apocalyptic warnings and miracles. In poetry, he symbolizes itinerant zeal and the power of the preached word. Usage tip: use his travels and calls to repentance in eschatological or missionary sequences; related to other Dominican preachers like Dominic, he enriches late medieval verse on judgment, conversion, and the dramatic impact of sacred oratory.
Also Known As
Vincent Ferrer Vincente Ferrer St. Vincent Ferrer Vincent the Preacher
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