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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.

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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Too good to be true

Idiomatic Phrase
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

An idiomatic expression expressing skepticism about something that seems too perfect or advantageous, suggesting that such offers are likely deceptive, fraudulent, or unsustainable.

Detailed Definition
Too good to be true means so favourable, beautiful, generous, or unlikely that suspicion is justified. In poetry, the idiom can introduce doubt into scenes of love, fortune, promises, dreams, political hope, or sudden rescue. It acknowledges desire while warning against illusion. A poet may use it tragically when happiness proves fragile, or ironically when cynicism prevents trust. The phrase is useful for exploring the tension between hope and scepticism, especially when longing makes deception easier.
Example
Example in poetry:
A cautionary poem might say the stranger's golden bargain was too good to be true; In a love lyric, sudden happiness seems too good to be true after years of silence; The phrase means so favourable that it is probably false or unlikely; A poet can use it for suspicion.
Additional Notes
Too good to be true means so perfect or favourable that suspicion is warranted. In poetry, it can express distrust of sudden happiness, tempting offers, idealised love, miraculous rescue, or consumer promises. The phrase depends on a fallen view of experience: perfection is unlikely in the real world. Students should ask whether scepticism protects the speaker or prevents joy. It pairs well with glitter, bargains, dreams, masks, and deceptive surfaces.
Also Known As
suspicious
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