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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trim

Craft Terms
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

Trim means to cut neatly or remove excess; in poetry, it can suggest refinement, economy, and the careful finishing of language.

Detailed Definition
Literally, trim is the act of making something neat by cutting away what is unnecessary. In poetry, it often points to concise style, polished shape, or well-managed lineation. It fits craft terms because it reflects the artisan’s concern for finish and proportion.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may trim excess words from a draft, sharpening the poem's final impact; Trimming a hedge into shape can serve as metaphor for disciplined artistic control; A poem about sailing might describe trimming sails as image of adjusting to changing circumstances; Trimmed candle wicks appear in domestic poems as small rituals of care and attention; A poet describing a haircut might use trimming to mark transitions or new beginnings; Trimming a poem down to its essential lines mirrors the sculptor's process of removing excess.
Additional Notes
Trim describes the careful removal of excess, closely related to cut and file but implying a lighter, more refined touch, often used in discussions of poetic revision and economy of language; instructors might explore how trimming imagery, such as trimming sails or hedges, connects the disciplined removal of excess material to broader aesthetic values of restraint and precision in formalist poetic traditions.
Also Known As
neaten clip prune cut back cut fettle garnish purfle shear
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