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 T

Tabernacle

World Religion
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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 portable sanctuary described in the Hebrew Bible, and later a term for a church or a receptacle for the Eucharist.

Detailed Definition
The Tabernacle was the dwelling place of God among the Israelites during their wanderings, a precursor to the Temple in Jerusalem. In Christianity, it is the ornate box where consecrated Eucharistic hosts are reserved. Poetically, the tabernacle symbolizes God's immanence, a sacred space where the divine and human meet. It can represent the human heart as a container for the divine, the temporary nature of earthly life (as a tent), or any consecrated, hidden center of spiritual presence and mystery in a profane world.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Hebrew poetry, Tabernacle is God’s mobile dwelling: “Curtains of blue—Tabernacle where cloud rests by day”; In mystical verse, Tabernacle is the heart: “Build me a Tabernacle—within your ribs, I will dwell”; In contemporary poetry, Tabernacle is temporary sanctuary: “Refugee tent—modern Tabernacle, hope stitched in canvas”; Poets link Tabernacle to humility: “Not stone temple—Tabernacle, God travels with the displaced.”
Additional Notes
The Tabernacle (Hebrew mishkan, “dwelling”) was the portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during their wilderness journey, housing the Ark of the Covenant; later, in Christian usage, it denotes the ornate container for the consecrated Eucharist, symbolizing God’s immanent presence; poets may draw on its imagery to explore themes of divine indwelling, sacred space, or the human heart as a vessel for the holy.
Other Meanings of “Tabernacle”
Also Known As
Mishkan Tent of Meeting Sanctuary pyx Aedicule
Skip to main content