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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Theia

Mythology
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

A Titan goddess in Greek mythology associated with divine sight, radiant light, and the luster of gold and silver.

Detailed Definition
Theia is a Titan goddess associated with vision, luminous clarity, and the brilliance of gold and silver. As mother of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn), she embodies the radiant source of celestial light. Poets reference Theia to symbolize perception, divine radiance, and the hidden value within nature—her presence evokes the interplay of light and insight, making her a subtle muse for verses on beauty, revelation, and the gleam of truth.
Example
Example in poetry:
Hesiod writes, “Theia, goddess of sight, bore Helios, Selene, and Eos”; Theia’s name means “divine” or “shining,” linking her to precious metals and clarity; Poets invoke Theia as the source of the sun’s and moon’s radiance; In cosmological verse, Theia represents the luminous essence behind celestial bodies; Her association with vision makes her a muse for poets exploring perception; Theia symbolizes the hidden brilliance within nature and the cosmos.
Additional Notes
Theia is a Titaness of sight and shining light; mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos; though absent from Roman poetry, she underpins solar mythology; symbolizes radiance, perception, and celestial brilliance; useful in cosmological or genealogical allusions; students should note her name means “goddess” or “divine”; she represents the luminous quality of the sky; as mother of dawn, sun, and moon, she structures the daily cycle; her presence enriches descriptions of light.
Also Known As
Shining Titaness Mother of Light Divine Radiance Theia the Bright
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