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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Thomas

Biblical
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

Apostle known as “Doubting Thomas” for needing proof of resurrection

Detailed Definition
Thomas declared he would not believe unless he saw Jesus’ wounds, yet upon seeing, confessed “My Lord and my God!” His doubt led to profound faith. In poetry, Thomas represents honest skepticism transformed by encounter, the blessing of those who believe without seeing, and the journey from absence to adoration—often symbolizing the modern seeker whose doubt is met with divine patience.
Example
Example in poetry:
In John 20:24–29, Thomas’s doubt and declaration—“My Lord and my God!”—inspire George Herbert’s poems on faith through questioning; T.S. Eliot references Thomas in “Four Quartets” as emblem of honest skepticism leading to deeper belief; Contemporary poetry honors Thomas as patron of scientists and seekers who demand evidence; In poems about wounds, Thomas’s encounter with Christ’s scars becomes metaphor for healing through vulnerability; Some liturgical works celebrate Thomas on July 3 as apostle whose doubt paved way for universal faith; Educational poems use Thomas to teach about the relationship between doubt and devotion.
Additional Notes
Thomas, known as “Doubting Thomas” for initially refusing to believe in Jesus’ resurrection without physical proof (John 20:24–29), ultimately makes the profound confession “My Lord and my God!”; his journey from skepticism to faith models honest inquiry; poets use Thomas to explore epistemology, embodied belief, and the legitimacy of doubt within devotion.
Also Known As
Thomas the Apostle Didymus Thomas the Twin Tam
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