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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Vision

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 supernatural appearance or revelation that reveals divine truth, often experienced by prophets and mystics.

Detailed Definition
Visions are a primary mode of divine communication in many traditions, such as the visions of Ezekiel, Muhammad, or St. John on Patmos. They provide a glimpse into the spiritual world. In poetry, a vision is a moment of supreme insight where the veil of ordinary perception is lifted. It is the source of prophetic authority and mystical knowledge. Poets describe visions to convey truths that transcend rational argument, using vivid, often surreal imagery to represent the ineffable encounter with the divine realm.
Example
Example in poetry:
In prophetic poetry, Vision reveals justice: “Mountaintop—Vision where lion lies with lamb”; In Rumi’s verse, Vision is heart’s sight: “Close eyes—Vision sees what eyes cannot”; In contemporary poetry, Vision is strategy: “Community plan—Vision drawn in chalk on pavement”; Poets distinguish Vision from fantasy: “Not escape—Vision that demands action.”
Additional Notes
Visions—such as those of Ezekiel, Hildegard of Bingen, or Muhammad—convey divine truths through sensory or symbolic imagery; they often occur in liminal states (dreams, trances) and require interpretation; in poetry, the visionary mode allows access to transcendent realities, using surreal or luminous language to bridge the seen and unseen, often challenging conventional perception.
Also Known As
Revelation Theophany Divine Sight radharc taibhreamh Nightmare Visio
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