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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the 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.

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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Weimar design poetry

Genre
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

Poetry shaped by early 20th-century Weimar-era design principles—Bauhaus minimalism, typography, and geometric abstraction.

Detailed Definition
Weimar design poetry refers to verse influenced by the interdisciplinary aesthetics of Germany’s Weimar Republic (1919–1933), integrating Bauhaus principles of minimalism, typography, and political engagement; such poetry often merges visual form, social critique, and experimental syntax in compact, potent compositions.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poems inspired by Goethe and Schiller that blend classical form with romantic subjectivity; Lyric poems using strict strophic forms to explore individual emotion in the Weimar tradition; Poetry that merges philosophical inquiry with aesthetic harmony, as in early German Romanticism; Verse structured with balanced antitheses reflecting Weimar Classicism’s ideals
Additional Notes
Weimar design poetry: Poetry from the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) period in Germany, often characterized by experimental forms, political engagement, urban themes, and a stark, modernist aesthetic; a reaction to post-WWI chaos.
Also Known As
German design verse Weimar poetry Bauhaus-inspired verse Bauhaus (Germany) Bauhaus
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