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

Home › Glossary › Letter S

Servant

World Religion
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

An individual who serves a deity or a higher cause, such as the "Suffering Servant" in Isaiah or a devoted follower in Islam (Abd).

Detailed Definition
The role of the servant is central to many religious identities, emphasizing humility, obedience, and devotion to God. In Christianity, Jesus is portrayed as the ultimate servant who came "not to be served, but to serve." In poetry, the speaker often adopts the persona of a servant to express their relationship with the divine. This stance allows for the exploration of themes of humility, willing submission, faithful service, and finding one's purpose and identity in devotion to a higher power.
Example
Example in poetry:
In biblical poetry, Servant suffers for others: “Despised, rejected—Servant bears our sickness”; In Sufi verse, Servant is lover: “Wash Beloved’s feet—Servant finds joy in service”; In contemporary poetry, Servant is caregiver: “Night shift nurse—Servant with tired eyes, steady hands”; Poets reclaim Servant leadership: “Not doormat—Servant who empowers others.”
Additional Notes
The Servant in Isaiah 42–53 suffers for others’ sake, prefiguring Christ in Christian reading; in broader terms, servants embody humility, obedience, and redemptive suffering; poets adopt servant identity to critique power, affirm solidarity with the oppressed, and model leadership as self-giving love rather than domination.
Also Known As
Servant of God Bondsman ‘Abd (Arabic) lackey servitor varlet minion
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