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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Tranquillitas

Mythology
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

Roman goddess embodying calm seas, serene weather, and peaceful maritime conditions, often invoked by sailors for safe passage.

Detailed Definition
Tranquillitas ensures smooth sailing and serene weather, especially for grain ships vital to Rome’s survival. In Roman poetry, she represents stability, safety, and the absence of conflict. Poets invoke her in maritime or civic contexts to celebrate peace, successful voyages, or the calm after turmoil—making her a symbol of relief, order, and the fragile tranquility that underpins prosperity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tranquillitas, goddess of calm, appears in Roman imperial coinage as “Tranquillitas Publica”; In Horace’s Odes, Tranquillitas “dwells in modest homes, not palaces”; Ovid alludes to her as “the peace after storm”; In Stoic verse, Tranquillitas is “the mind’s harbor”; Seneca’s letters (in poetic form) seek Tranquillitas amid chaos; Martial praises Tranquillitas as “life’s true wealth.”
Additional Notes
Tranquillitas is the Roman goddess of calm and peace of mind; appears on imperial coins as Tranquillitas Publica; symbolizes serenity, stability, and mental clarity; useful in Stoic, pastoral, or political poetry; students should note her attributes: rudder (guiding calm) and ears of grain (prosperity); she is the antithesis of Furor or Tempestes; Horace links her to modest living; she reflects the Roman ideal that peace enables flourishing.
Also Known As
Calm Serenity Mental Peace Public Tranquility
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