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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 V

Vigrid

Mythology
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

The vast battlefield where the final clash of Ragnarök will occur between gods and giants.

Detailed Definition
Vígríðr is said to stretch 100 leagues in every direction, the stage for apocalyptic combat. In poetry, it symbolizes the ultimate confrontation, the heroic acceptance of doom, and the necessary destruction preceding rebirth, often evoking epic scale and tragic grandeur.
Example
Example in poetry:
A final battle poem might prophesy, “Vígríðr stretches 100 leagues—stage for gods’ last stand”; In epic tone: “At Vígríðr, Odin meets Fenrir, Freyr faces Surtr—glory and grave entwined”; A stanza could reflect, “Vígríðr is not chosen; it is where all roads end”; Contemporary verse: “My Vígríðr is the confrontation I cannot avoid, only face”.
Additional Notes
Vígríðr (“battle-shaker” or “field of battle”) is the 100-league plain where Ragnarök’s final battle occurs (Völuspá, Gylfaginning). It symbolizes the ultimate confrontation, the heroic acceptance of doom, and the necessary destruction preceding rebirth. In poetry, Vígríðr functions as the stage for cosmic tragedy—where gods meet fate with courage. Poets may use it to explore the grandeur of last stands, the futility and nobility of fighting lost causes, or the idea that some battles must be fought even when victory is impossible.
Also Known As
Vígríðr Vigrid Plain Vígríðr Field
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