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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

twist

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

Twist means to turn or coil around, or to alter shape by turning; in poetry, it can suggest tension, complexity, or a sudden turn in thought.

Detailed Definition
Literally, twist describes a turning motion or a shape made by turning. In poetry, it may refer to a change in argument, an unexpected reveal, or the winding movement of an image. It fits craft terms because it combines motion, pressure, and formed variation.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may describe twisting rope as metaphor for the tightening tension within a relationship; A sonnet's volta can twist the poem's meaning unexpectedly in its final lines; A poem about betrayal might describe a twisted knife as visceral image of pain; Twisted tree trunks in windswept landscapes evoke resilience shaped by hardship; A poet describing dance might use twisting movement to convey passion or turmoil; Twisted syntax in experimental poetry can mirror psychological disorientation or confusion.
Additional Notes
Twist describes turning or coiling, often used to discuss both physical imagery and structural surprise, such as a sonnet's volta unexpectedly twisting the poem's meaning in its final lines; instructors might explore how twist as a craft term operates on multiple levels simultaneously, describing literal physical imagery, structural turns in argument, and even syntactic distortion in experimental poetry that mirrors psychological disorientation.
Also Known As
turn rotate wring contort warp writhe gimble
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