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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Vessel

World Religion
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 container, often symbolizing the human body or soul as a receptacle for the divine, spiritual gifts, or knowledge.

Detailed Definition
The human being is frequently described as an "earthen vessel" in scripture, fragile yet capable of holding great treasure (2 Corinthians 4:7). In alchemy, the vessel is the crucible of transformation. In poetry, the vessel symbolizes the self in its capacity to receive and contain grace, wisdom, or the Holy Spirit. It can represent humility, purity, and the need to be empty in order to be filled. The image speaks to the relationship between the container and the contained, the finite and the infinite.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Christian poetry, Vessel carries grace: “Clay jar—Vessel, yet holds treasure of Spirit”; In Sufi verse, heart is Vessel: “Polish your Vessel—so Love can fill you”; In Buddhist poetry, Vessel is readiness: “Empty bowl—Vessel for teacher’s wisdom”; Contemporary poets describe Vessel as body: “Scarred skin—Vessel that survived, still sings.”
Additional Notes
The Vessel metaphor appears in 2 Corinthians 4:7 (“treasure in clay jars”) and in Sufi poetry (Rumi’s “be a cup that pours”); it frames the human body or soul as a container for divine light, grace, or suffering; poets may contrast the fragility of the vessel with the durability of its contents, suggesting that brokenness itself can become a site of sacred outpouring.
Also Known As
Chalice Ark Tabernacle (as container) Grail flagon hogshead tun Warship ferry urn Ship
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