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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

Tactics

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

Tactics refers to the specific methods and maneuvers used to achieve success in individual battles or engagements.

Detailed Definition
Tactics represent the granular, immediate decision-making of warfare, distinct from the broader planning of strategy, and poets use tactical language to explore the precision and calculation required for survival in combat. The term often appears in poetry examining the tension between rational military planning and the unpredictable chaos of actual battle, where even the most carefully devised tactics can dissolve into confusion and loss once engagement begins.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might explore the granular, immediate decisions tactics require for survival amid chaotic combat; Poets use "tactics" to examine the tension between rational planning and battle's inherent unpredictability; A verse could contrast a carefully devised tactic with its collapse once engagement actually begins; The term appears in poetry documenting the precision and calculation demanded of soldiers under fire; A poem might depict a commander's tactical brilliance undone by unforeseen circumstance; Historical war poetry sometimes uses tactics to critique the limits of rational control in violence.
Additional Notes
Tactics refers to the specific methods and maneuvers used to achieve success in individual battles or engagements. Tactics are the art of the commander on the battlefield, the decisions made in the heat of action. They involve the deployment of troops, the use of firepower, and the response to enemy moves. In poetry, tactics represent the immediate, brutal decisions of war, the chess game played with lives. Related terms include maneuver, operation, and battle drill. The study of tactics is the core of military education, balancing theory with practical experience. The gap between tactics and strategy is a classic theme.
Also Known As
Maneuvers Battle Plans Fieldcraft Operational Art Doctrine
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