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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 T

target

Games
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

Target is the object or marked surface at which projectiles are aimed in games of shooting or throwing.

Detailed Definition
Target enters poetry as a fundamental symbol of the focused goal and the destination of the aimed force. In literary contexts it represents the end of the trajectory. Poets use the target to explore themes of the bullseye, the concentric rings, and the cultural image of the aim that has linked the physical mark to the poetry of purpose and desire.
Example
Example in poetry:
The target’s concentric rings or open face appear as the necessary destination of every aimed force; Verse of archery, darts, or metaphor uses the mark for the place where intention ends; “He aimed at the target as if the target were the only remaining word” illustrates absolute focus; Educational examples present the object as both practical and symbolic goal; Poets keep the target when the flight must have a clear and visible end.
Additional Notes
Target, as the marked surface or object of aim, concentrates the entire drama of directed force into a single, necessary destination. Poets who choose the term often wish to emphasize the end of the trajectory rather than the flight itself. Teachers may explore the difference between the literal target and the metaphorical mark. Related aiming objects include the bullseye and the general language of the mark. The image is effective when intention must have a clear and visible conclusion.
Also Known As
Aim Point Objective Mark
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