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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string

Craft Terms
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

String means to thread or arrange on a cord, or to connect in sequence; in poetry, it can suggest linkage, tension, or a line of connected elements.

Detailed Definition
Literally, string refers to flexible cord or the act of putting things on a string. In poetry, it may suggest the threading of images or thoughts into sequence. It fits craft language because it evokes line, tension, and connection.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may describe stringing beads as metaphor for connecting individual memories into a narrative; A violin's strings, stretched taut, often serve as metaphor for emotional tension in lyric poetry; Stringing a bow appears in epic poetry as a test of strength and heroic capability; A poem about kite-flying might use the string as metaphor for tethered freedom; Stringing lights for a holiday can evoke warmth and connection in a domestic poem; A poet describing a necklace passed through generations might use its string as symbol of continuity.
Additional Notes
String describes both the physical thread used to connect objects and the more abstract sense of sequential arrangement, often used metaphorically to discuss narrative continuity or emotional tension; instructors might explore the mythological resonance of string imagery, particularly in relation to the Fates of Greek mythology who spin, measure, and cut the thread of human life, connecting this craft term to broader poetic meditations on fate and mortality.
Also Known As
cord strand tie lace
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