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.

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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Wepwawet

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

Wolf or jackal god of war and funerary rites, “opener of the ways”

Detailed Definition
Wepwawet, from Asyut, scouted paths for the army and the sun god, and led processions for Osiris. He cleared obstacles. In poetry, he symbolizes the pioneer, the guide through unknown realms, and the opener of spiritual paths—frequently used in initiatory or martial contexts on leadership and transition.
Example
Example in poetry:
A funerary poem: "Wepwawet, ‘Opener of the Ways,’ scouts the path for Osiris’s procession"; In warrior verse: "Wepwawet, jackal god of Asyut, leads armies into battle"; Another line: "His gray or white fur distinguishes him from Anubis’s black"; A symbolic use: "My guidance is Wepwawet—pioneering, protective, sure-footed"; In lyrical tone: "Desert winds carry Wepwawet’s howl, clearing the road ahead"; A devotional poem: "O Wepwawet, open the way for my journey through life and death".
Additional Notes
Wepwawet (“Opener of the Ways”) is a jackal or wolf god of Asyut who scouts paths for the pharaoh and the sun god—his name reflects his role as a guide through dangerous realms—poets may invoke Wepwawet to explore pioneering, the forerunner in darkness, or the canine as psychopomp who clears the road to resurrection.
Also Known As
Upuaut Opener of the Ways
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