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

Turmoil

Psychology
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 state of violent agitation, emotional upheaval, or chaotic confusion; in poetry, turmoil captures internal or external disorder, reflecting psychological conflict, societal unrest, or tempestuous passions.

Detailed Definition
Turmoil in poetry churns through tumultuous rhythm, clashing images, and disordered syntax. It reflects war, heartbreak, or identity crisis. Poets use turmoil to externalize inner conflict, as in Romantic storm scenes or modernist fragmentation. Turmoil invites readers into chaos, often seeking resolution or acceptance of disorder. It makes the poem a battleground, where passion and reason collide, and from which new clarity may emerge.
Example
Example in poetry:
Turmoil in Sylvia Plath's confessional poetry where turmoil is a theme; In T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," turmoil is a theme; In William Wordsworth's "The Prelude," turmoil is a subject; In contemporary poetry, turmoil reflects inner conflict; In dramatic monologues, turmoil is often a turning point; In confessional poetry, turmoil is expressed.
Additional Notes
Turmoil in poetry churns through tumultuous rhythm, clashing images, and disordered syntax, reflecting war, heartbreak, or identity crisis. In teaching, distinguish turmoil from confusion: turmoil is violent agitation, while confusion is disordered thinking. Poets use turmoil to externalize inner conflict, making poems battlegrounds. It invites readers into chaos, seeking resolution or acceptance. Students should examine how poets use fragmented syntax, conflicting imagery, and turbulent rhythm to convey turmoil's chaotic, intensity-driven upheaval.
Also Known As
Chaos upheaval confusion disorder agitation pother Stour strife
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