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

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Siddur

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

The Jewish prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers, blessings, and liturgical texts.

Detailed Definition
The Siddur is the structured framework for Jewish worship, compiling prayers that have developed over millennia. It guides the individual and community through a dialogue with God. For poets, the Siddur represents the power of fixed liturgy, the beauty of traditional language, and the collective voice of a people addressing the divine. It can symbolize the rhythm of sacred time, the comfort of ritual words, and the tension or harmony between personal, spontaneous prayer and the established, communal prayers of the tradition.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Jewish poetry, Siddur structures prayer: “Pages worn—Siddur holds generations’ whispers”; In contemporary verse, Siddur is lifeline: “Refugee camp—Siddur, last link to home”; In mystical poetry, Siddur is conversation: “Blessings flow—Siddur, script for dialogue with God”; Poets personalize Siddur: “Marginal notes—Siddur annotated with my tears and joys.”
Additional Notes
The Siddur organizes daily, Sabbath, and festival prayers, blending fixed liturgy with personal supplication; its structure reflects cosmic order and human need; for poets, the siddur models how repetition can deepen rather than dull—each recitation a new encounter with ancient words made fresh by present longing and praise.
Also Known As
Prayer Book Siddur (Jewish liturgy)
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