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

Home › Glossary › Letter T

Torah

World Religion
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 central reference of Judaism, comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Pentateuch.

Detailed Definition
The Torah is considered the revealed word of God given to Moses on Mount Sinai, containing both the written law and the oral tradition. It is the blueprint of creation and the guide for Jewish life. In poetry, the Torah symbolizes divine wisdom, law, and the sacred story of a people's covenant with God. It can represent light, a tree of life, and a precious gift. Poets invoke the Torah to speak of tradition, the search for meaning in sacred text, and the living voice of God that continues to speak through scripture.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Jewish poetry, Torah is living tree: “Etz chayim—Torah, roots in Sinai, branches in every generation”; In medieval verse, Torah is bride: “Simchat Torah—dance with scroll as wedding joy”; In contemporary poetry, Torah is wrestled: “Marginal notes—Torah debated, loved, questioned”; Poets describe Torah’s light: “Black fire on white fire—Torah, words that burn and heal.”
Additional Notes
The Torah, meaning “instruction,” encompasses not only the Five Books of Moses but also the broader body of Jewish teaching; it is read publicly in synagogues and treated with profound reverence—often adorned with silver crowns and breastplates; in poetry, the Torah symbolizes divine wisdom, covenantal relationship, and the living word that “is not in heaven” (Deuteronomy 30:12) but accessible to human engagement.
Also Known As
Pentateuch Five Books of Moses Sefer Torah
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