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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

Home › Glossary › Letter S

Squad

Military
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 squad is a small military unit, typically the smallest organized element within an infantry structure.

Detailed Definition
The squad represents the most intimate scale of military organization, small enough for poets to depict genuine personal relationships and individual personalities among a handful of soldiers. War poetry often centers on the squad level to humanize the broader machinery of conflict, portraying camaraderie, loyalty, and shared trauma among a tight-knit group whose members depend entirely upon one another for survival amid the dangers of active combat.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might follow a tight-knit squad whose members depend entirely upon one another for survival; Poets use "squad" to humanize warfare's broader machinery through intimate personal relationships; A verse could contrast the squad's close camaraderie with the vast, impersonal army surrounding them; The term appears in poetry documenting shared trauma and loyalty forged among a small group; A poem might describe a squad's grief upon losing a single member from their tight circle; Historical war poetry sometimes uses squads to center combat's human scale over its abstract totality.
Additional Notes
A squad is a small military unit, typically the smallest organized element within an infantry structure. A squad consists of several soldiers, led by a sergeant or corporal. It is the basic tactical unit for fire and maneuver, capable of executing orders and carrying out independent actions. In poetry, the squad represents the primary group, the unit where personal bonds are strongest. Related terms include section, team, and fire team. The squad's cohesion is critical to its effectiveness, with each member relying on the others. The squad leader's role is the first step in leadership, demanding both tactical skill and human understanding.
Also Known As
Section Team Unit Detail Detachment
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