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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.

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

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Shamgar

Biblical
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

A biblical judge noted for slaying six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, symbolizing divinely empowered unconventional warfare.

Detailed Definition
Shamgar, a minor judge, delivered Israel with an unlikely weapon, illustrating God’s power through unconventional means. His brief mention highlights divine resourcefulness. In poetry, Shamgar embodies the unexpected deliverer, the triumph of the lowly tool over mighty foes, and the brevity of heroic acts in salvation history—often symbolizing the sufficiency of divine strength in human weakness.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Judges 3:31, Shamgar slays six hundred with an oxgoad—a detail inspiring heroic poetry; 18th-century verse depicts Shamgar as obscure yet mighty deliverer; Contemporary poems explore Shamgar as footnote of divine resourcefulness; In poems about unexpected weapons, Shamgar’s tool becomes instrument of liberation; Some liturgical laments honor Shamgar as brief but decisive rescuer; Educational poems cite Shamgar to teach about judges and unconventional means.
Additional Notes
Shamgar, a judge who killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad (Judges 3:31), is one of the most obscure deliverers; his brief mention highlights the diversity of Israel’s rescuers; poets may use him to celebrate unexpected heroes or the improvisation of divine tools in unlikely hands.
Also Known As
Shamgar judge of Israel Shamgar son of Anath
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