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

The coast is clear

Idiomatic Phrase
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

An idiom indicating that danger or obstacles have been removed, making it safe to proceed with an action, often used in contexts requiring secrecy or caution to confirm that coast watchers or threats are absent.

Detailed Definition
The coast is clear means it is safe to proceed because danger, observation, or obstruction has passed. In poetry, the idiom evokes watchfulness, secrecy, escape, childhood mischief, smuggling, love affairs, or wartime movement. The coastal image suggests scanning a horizon for threat before moving into open space. A poet may use it literally in seascapes or metaphorically when emotional or social risk seems reduced. It is useful for suspense, relief, and the fragile confidence that safety has returned.
Example
Example in poetry:
A spy poem might whisper the coast is clear when the guards leave the gate; In a comic romance, the lovers meet once the aunt decides the coast is clear; The phrase means it is safe to proceed; A poet can use it for secrecy and suspense.
Additional Notes
The coast is clear means no danger, observer, or obstacle is present. It likely draws on smuggling, escape, or seafaring vigilance. In poetry, it can create suspense, secrecy, childhood mischief, love affairs, fugitives, or military scenes. The coastline image implies watching from cover before movement. Students should ask whether safety is real or merely assumed. It pairs well with moonlight, sentries, doors, coves, footsteps, and whispered signals.
Also Known As
safe
Skip to main content