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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

Thokk

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 giantess (possibly Loki in disguise) who refused to weep for Baldr, preventing his return from Hel.

Detailed Definition
Þökk’s refusal doomed Baldr to remain in Hel, fulfilling prophecy. In poetry, she symbolizes intransigence, hidden malice, and the power of a single voice to alter cosmic balance, often evoking themes of grief and irreversible loss.
Example
Example in poetry:
A refusal poem might state, “Þökk would not weep—so Baldr stayed in Hel, and hope dimmed”; In chilling tone: “Þökk’s dry eyes doomed the world to Ragnarök”; A stanza could reflect, “Þökk, likely Loki, shows: one voice can unmake everything”; Modern metaphor: “My Þökk is the part of me that refuses to heal, just to spite the light”.
Additional Notes
Þökk (“thanks” or “gratitude”) is the giantess (likely Loki in disguise) who refuses to weep for Baldr, preventing his return from Hel (Gylfaginning). Her dry eyes doom the world to Ragnarök. In poetry, Þökk symbolizes intransigence, hidden malice, and the power of a single refusal to alter cosmic balance. Her ironic name (“thanks”) underscores Loki’s cruel wit. Poets may use Þökk to explore grief’s politics, the weight of silence, or how small acts of refusal can cascade into universal consequences.
Also Known As
Þökk Thok
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