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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Strenia

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 associated with New Year’s gifts, vitality, and renewal; her name gives rise to the Latin term “strenae,” denoting auspicious tokens of good fortune.

Detailed Definition
Strenia was honored during the Kalends of January with offerings of laurel and figs, symbolizing health and prosperity. Her name gives us “strenae” (New Year’s gifts). In Roman poetry, she appears in calendrical or festive contexts as a bringer of vitality and good omens. Poets invoke Strenia to celebrate renewal, communal well-being, and the hopeful rituals that mark the turning of the year.
Example
Example in poetry:
Strenia, goddess of vigor and New Year gifts, appears in Ovid’s Fasti honored with laurel branches; She is invoked on January 1 for health and energy; In Roman New Year poetry, Strenia “brings strength for the year ahead”; Her grove on the Via Sacra was source of auspicious boughs; In imperial verse, Strenia’s gifts symbolize civic renewal; Ovid links Strenia to “the first words and deeds of January.”
Additional Notes
Strenia is a Roman goddess of vigor and New Year gifts; honored on January 1; appears in Ovid’s Fasti; symbolizes health, energy, and auspicious beginnings; useful in calendrical or festive poetry; students should note her grove on the Via Sacra, source of laurel boughs; “strenae” (gifts) were exchanged for good luck; she embodies the Roman belief in ritual actions shaping the year’s fortune; her cult highlights January’s importance as a reset point.
Also Known As
New Year’s Vigor Health-Giver Auspicious Strength January’s Blessing
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