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

Spes

Mythology
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

Roman goddess of hope, often depicted with a flower or cornucopia

Detailed Definition
Spes embodies optimistic expectation and the promise of better times, honored in times of crisis. In Roman poetry, she represents resilience and the human capacity for anticipation. Though sometimes criticized as illusory (as in Seneca), she is generally a positive force. Poets reference Spes to counter despair, celebrate renewal, or explore the tension between hope and reality—making her a vital figure in consolatory and lyrical traditions.
Example
Example in poetry:
Spes, goddess of hope, appears in Virgil’s Aeneid as “Spes, last comfort in despair”; Ovid notes her temple on the Forum Holitorium; In Horace’s Odes, Spes “blossoms even in winter”; Roman coinage under crises shows Spes with flower and anchor; In Seneca’s verse, Spes “feeds the soul when reason fails”; Martial praises Spes as “poor man’s treasure.”
Additional Notes
Spes is the goddess of hope; honored with temples and depicted on coins; appears in Horace and Virgil; symbolizes expectation, resilience, and future-oriented optimism; useful in consolatory or political poetry; students should note her flower (often a rosebud) and anchor; under crisis, Spes Publica (public hope) was invoked; she is daughter of Virtus; unlike Greek Elpis (who remained in Pandora’s jar), Spes is actively celebrated in Roman culture.
Also Known As
Hope Future’s Promise Blossoming Expectation Public Hope
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