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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twine

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

Twine means to twist together or form a strand; in poetry, it can suggest interlacing elements such as voices, images, or ideas.

Detailed Definition
In literal craft, twine refers to cord made by twisting fibers together, or the act of twisting itself. In poetry, it often implies close binding, entanglement, or decorative interweaving. It belongs in craft language because it evokes structure made through joining and turning.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may describe twining vines around a trellis as metaphor for growth intertwined with support; Twined fingers appear as image of intimacy and connection between lovers; A poem about family might describe twined roots as metaphor for inseparable heritage; Twining rope in sailing poems can symbolize strength created through combined strands; A poet describing ivy might use twining growth to evoke both beauty and quiet invasion; Twined threads in weaving poems can represent the combination of distinct voices into one fabric.
Additional Notes
Twine describes the twisting together of strands into a single cord, closely related to braid and weave but often implying a simpler, two-part interlacing; instructors might explore how twining imagery in nature poetry, particularly involving vines or ivy, suggests both beauty and gradual, sometimes unwelcome encroachment, making it a useful term for discussing poems that explore ambivalent relationships between growth and control.
Also Known As
twist together entwine wind braid
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