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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thread

Craft 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

Thread is a fine strand of fiber used in sewing or weaving; in poetry, it can suggest continuity, connection, or a guiding line of thought.

Detailed Definition
Literally, thread is the material that runs through fabric or stitches things together. In poetry, it is one of the most common craft metaphors for narrative, memory, or thematic continuity. It belongs in craft terms because it neatly joins the literal act of making with the figurative act of composing.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may describe threading a needle as metaphor for delicate, precise emotional work; Threads of narrative often run through a long poem, connecting disparate sections; A poem about fate might describe life as a thread spun and cut by mythic figures, as in Greek mythology; Threading through a crowd can serve as image of isolation within community; A poet describing looms might use threading to explore the labor behind woven tradition; Loose threads on a garment can symbolize unresolved tension within a poem's narrative.
Additional Notes
Thread describes a fine strand used in sewing or weaving, and is one of the most versatile craft terms for discussing narrative or thematic continuity within a poem, particularly in longer or sequence-based works; instructors might explore the mythological and folkloric resonance of thread imagery, from the Fates who spin and cut life's thread to Ariadne's thread guiding Theseus through the labyrinth, connecting poetic continuity to broader cultural narratives about guidance and fate.
Also Known As
yarn filament strand fiber skein Sutra
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