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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thenceforth

Archaic Terms
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

Thenceforth means from that time onward or from then on, denoting continuation after a specific point.

Detailed Definition
Thenceforth is an archaic adverb combining "thence" (from there) and "forth," used to indicate subsequent time after an event. It features prominently in Shakespearean drama, epic poetry, and formal prose to create a sense of inevitable progression or destiny. Poets employ it to heighten dramatic transitions, underscore fate, or mark character development, giving verse a stately, antiquated rhythm suited to grand themes of journey, redemption, or consequence. Its literary significance lies in bridging past actions with future outcomes, enriching narrative poetry with layers of causality and temporal awareness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Thenceforth the hero walked a lonely road.; Thenceforth peace reigned throughout the kingdom.; Thenceforth she vowed to speak only truth.; Thenceforth the shadow lengthened over all.; Thenceforth the lovers met in secret glades.; Thenceforth no greater joy was known to man.
Additional Notes
Notes on thenceforth: Marking continuation after a point, thenceforth bridges past and future in epic or redemptive poetry. It underscores destiny. Students use for character arcs. Tip: pair with "hitherto." Related to temporal shifts. Academic focus on causality. It enriches narrative layers, teaching poets to frame progression and consequence with stately rhythm suited to grand themes of journey and transformation.
Also Known As
thereafter henceforth thence
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