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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

tide

Nautical
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

The rising and falling of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

Detailed Definition
The tide is the deep breathing of the ocean, a rhythmic, planetary pulse that governs all coastal life. In poetry, it is the great symbol of recurrence, inevitability, and the cosmic order that regulates human affairs. The tide's ebb and flood mirror the cycles of life, love, and fortune. Shakespeare's "There is a tide in the affairs of men" captures its metaphorical power—the opportune moment that, once missed, never returns. Poets also use the tide to evoke the pull of home (the flood bringing the ship to harbor) or the withdrawal of hope (the ebb leaving the boat stranded).
Example
Example in poetry:
The tide in poetry is the great symbol of recurrence, inevitability, and the cosmic order that regulates human affairs.; The tide’s ebb and flood mirror the cycles of life, love, and fortune.; Shakespeare’s “There is a tide in the affairs of men” captures its metaphorical power—the opportune moment that, once missed, never returns.; Poets also use the tide to evoke the pull of home (the flood bringing the ship to harbor) or the withdrawal of hope (the ebb leaving the boat stranded).; The tide is the rising and falling of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.; It is the deep breathing of the ocean, a rhythmic, planetary pulse.
Additional Notes
The tide is the rhythmic rising and falling of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. In poetry, it is a profound symbol of recurrence, inevitability, and the cosmic order that regulates human affairs. The tide's ebb and flood mirror the cycles of life, love, and fortune. Shakespeare's "There is a tide in the affairs of men" captures its metaphorical power—the opportune moment that, once missed, never returns. Poets also use the tide to evoke the pull of home (the flood) or the withdrawal of hope (the ebb). It is the deep, planetary pulse of the ocean.
Also Known As
Ebb and flow flood current stream
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