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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

Tornado

Winds
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

Tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, characterised by its funnel shape and destructive winds capable of tremendous damage.

Detailed Definition
The tornado is nature's most violent wind phenomenon, with speeds exceeding 300 mph. It is a concentrated vortex of destruction that leaves a narrow but catastrophic path. In American poetry, especially from the Plains, the tornado is a symbol of divine wrath, unpredictable fate, and the terrifying power of the prairie. It embodies both utter destruction and a perverse beauty, often used to dramatise moments of crisis, the fragility of human shelter, and the awe-inspiring caprice of the atmosphere. Its fleeting yet total impact invites meditation on impermanence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tornado|Tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, characterised by its funnel shape and destructive winds capable of tremendous damage.|The tornado is nature's most violent wind phenomenon, with speeds exceeding 300 mph. It is a concentrated vortex of destruction that leaves a narrow but catastrophic path. In American poetry, especially from the Plains, the tornado is a symbol of divine wrath, unpredictable fate, and the terrifying power of the prairie. It embodies both utter destruction and a perverse beauty, often used to dramatise moments of crisis, the fragility of human shelter, and the awe-inspiring caprice of the atmosphere. Its fleeting yet total impact invites meditation on impermanence.;
Additional Notes
The tornado is nature's most violent wind phenomenon, a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground, with a funnel shape and wind speeds exceeding 300 mph. It is a concentrated vortex of destruction that leaves a narrow but catastrophic path. In American poetry, especially from the Plains, the tornado is a symbol of divine wrath, unpredictable fate, and the terrifying power of the prairie. It embodies both utter destruction and a perverse beauty, often used to dramatize moments of crisis, the fragility of human shelter, and the awe-inspiring caprice of the atmosphere. Poets can use the tornado to explore themes of chaos, the sudden, life-altering event, and the sublime terror of nature. When writing about a tornado, emphasize its rotational power, its narrow path, and its ability to destroy and remake in an instant.
Also Known As
Tornada
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