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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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Soli Deo Gloria

Latin Phrases
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 Latin phrase translating to "glory to God alone," used as a solemn dedication in religious compositions, literature, and art.

Detailed Definition
“Soli Deo gloria” directs praise away from human talent and toward divine authorship. A poet may place it after a hymn of creation, a confession of artistic humility, or a reflection on beauty that seems greater than its maker. The phrase can sharpen the relationship between inspiration and labor, asking whether the poem belongs to the poet, the world, or the sacred source imagined behind both.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Soli Deo gloria” means “glory to God alone,” a traditional Christian acknowledgment that artistic achievement belongs to God; A devotional poem may end with “soli Deo gloria” after praising creation; The phrase is associated with Johann Sebastian Bach’s practice of marking some works with the initials SDG, and a poet may adapt that dedication; A humble speaker might write, “Soli Deo gloria, not to the hand that shaped the song”; The phrase can close a hymn or sacred lyric with a movement from personal voice to divine praise.
Additional Notes
“Soli Deo gloria” means “glory to God alone.” It directs praise away from human achievement and toward divine agency. The phrase is associated with Christian devotion and was used by some composers and writers as a statement of religious humility. In poetry, it can create a reverent conclusion, emphasize gratitude, or contrast worldly fame with spiritual purpose.
Also Known As
To God Alone Be the Glory Glory to God Alone
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