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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Treecreeper

Birds
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

A tiny bird that spirals up tree trunks, probing bark for insects with a curved bill.

Detailed Definition
Treecreepers symbolize meticulous attention, vertical exploration, and the hidden life of forests in poetry. Their methodical climbing evokes themes of patience and discovery. Rarely noticed, they represent the unnoticed labor of small creatures. Poets use treecreepers to explore the microcosm of bark and branch, the quiet intelligence of adaptation, and the idea that meaning often lies in slow, upward spirals rather than grand gestures.
Example
Example in poetry:
In British woodland poetry, the treecreeper’s spiral ascent up tree trunks symbolizes meticulous attention and vertical exploration; Poets use its curved bill and cryptic plumage to evoke the hidden life of bark and branch; Its high-pitched calls add acoustic detail to winter forest soundscapes when few birds sing; Ecopoets reference treecreepers to discuss the importance of mature trees and deadwood for insectivores; The treecreeper’s methodical foraging inspires metaphors for patience, discovery, and the microcosm of forest ecosystems; Its contrast with nuthatches (which descend headfirst) highlights different strategies for the same habitat.
Additional Notes
Treecreeper: A tiny bird that spirals up tree trunks probing bark for insects, treecreepers symbolize meticulous attention, vertical movement, and woodland microhabitats. Their cryptic plumage and high-pitched calls suit poems about detail, patience, or the unnoticed labor of survival.
Also Known As
Eurasian Treecreeper Brown Creeper (North American counterpart) Common Treecreeper
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