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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Silvery

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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

Silvery refers to a color or quality that resembles silver, often conveying a sense of brightness, coolness, or ethereal beauty in poetry.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, the term silvery is used to evoke imagery associated with the color silver, which can symbolize purity, clarity, and a dreamlike quality. It often suggests a soft, reflective light that enhances the beauty of the scene being described. In Emma Lazarus's poem "Arabesque," the phrase "Silvery of each white-swathed peak" captures the delicate, shimmering quality of mountain tops, creating a vivid visual that enriches the poem's exploration of beauty and nostalgia.
Example
Example in poetry:
In "Arabesque," Emma Lazarus writes, "Mark the gleam / Silvery of each white-swathed peak!" This line illustrates the use of silvery to describe the mountain peaks, emphasizing their luminous quality and enhancing the overall imagery of the landscape.
Additional Notes
Silvery is often used in poetry to create a sense of tranquility and beauty, contrasting with darker or more intense colors. It can also evoke feelings of nostalgia or longing, as seen in Lazarus's work, where the imagery reflects on a lost past. Related terms include "glistening," "shimmering," and "luminous," which also convey light and beauty. The word derives from the Old English "seolfor," which means silver, and has been used in various literary contexts to enhance descriptive language.
Also Known As
Silvered Argent Gleaming Moonlit
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