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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Weaponry

Military
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

Weaponry refers collectively to the arms and instruments used in combat and warfare.

Detailed Definition
Weaponry, as a collective term, allows poets to survey warfare's evolving technological capacity for violence across historical periods, from primitive spears to industrialized firearms and beyond. Poets use weaponry broadly to critique humanity's persistent ingenuity in devising new methods of destruction, the term's generality permitting reflection on warfare's essential character across centuries, even as specific instruments of violence have transformed dramatically with advancing technology.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem might survey the evolution of weaponry across centuries, from primitive spears to industrialized firearms; Poets use "weaponry" as a collective term to critique humanity's persistent ingenuity in devising new violence; A verse could contrast ancient weaponry's directness with modern weaponry's impersonal, mechanized destruction; The term appears in poetry reflecting on warfare's essential character despite dramatic technological change; A poem might describe a museum display of weaponry, silent relics of once-active violence; Historical war poetry sometimes uses weaponry broadly to explore how tools of destruction shape a society's identity.
Additional Notes
Weaponry refers collectively to the arms and instruments used in combat and warfare. The term encompasses everything from the simplest spear or club to the most advanced guided missiles and cyber weapons, reflecting the entire history of human conflict and technological development. In poetry, weaponry is often used to symbolize the machinery of war, the tools that enable violence and define the character of combat. The poet's treatment of weaponry can range from the romanticizing of the sword or bow, laden with tradition and honor, to the grim realism of describing machine guns, bombs, and chemical agents that impersonalize killing. Weaponry is intimately connected to the concept of "arms" and "armaments," and its evolution has driven changes in tactics, strategy, and the very experience of the soldier. Poets often contrast the cold efficiency of modern weaponry with the human warmth of the soldier, emphasizing the alienation and destruction wrought by industrial-scale war. The term also appears in critiques of the arms race and the military-industrial complex, where weaponry becomes a symbol of humanity's capacity for self-destruction. Related concepts include ordnance, munitions, and arsenal, each with specific shades of meaning. In poetry, the description of weaponry—its weight, sound, and effect—serves to ground the abstract violence of war in vivid sensory detail.
Also Known As
Arms Armaments Ordnance Munitions Firearms Military Hardware artillery
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