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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wheelwright

Archaic Terms
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 skilled craftsman who builds, repairs, and maintains wooden wheels for carts, wagons, and carriages; one who constructs wheel components including spokes, rims, and hubs.

Detailed Definition
The “wheelwright” was a vital figure in pre-industrial society, combining carpentry and engineering to construct durable wheels. In poetry, the term appears in pastoral or historical verse to symbolize rural industry, tradition, or the passage of time (as wheels suggest motion and cycles). Its specificity lends concrete detail to scenes of village life or artisanal labor. Though rarely used today, “wheelwright” in verse evokes a world of handcrafted objects and communal interdependence, contrasting with modern mechanization and reinforcing themes of heritage, skill, and grounded existence.
Example
Example in poetry:
The wheelwright crafted wheels for carts and wagons (maker and repairer of wheels); The village wheelwright was skilled in his trade (craftsman who makes wheels); To the wheelwright's shop we took the broken wheel (artisan specializing in wheel-making); The old wheelwright knew every part and spoke (wheel craftsman); A wheelwright must understand wood and iron both (tradesman making wheels); The wheelwright's craft has nearly vanished now (maker of wooden wheels)
Additional Notes
Wheelwright is a specialized craftsman who builds and repairs wooden wheels for carts, wagons, and carriages—distinct from carpenters (general woodwork), cartwright (cart builders), or wainwrights (wagon builders). The craft required precise mathematical and mechanical knowledge to create wheels that were strong, balanced, and durable. Medieval and early modern economies depended on wheelwrights for transportation. Students studying economic history should recognize craft specialization. In literature, wheelwrights represent skilled artisan culture. The suffix "-wright" means maker or worker (playwright, shipwright). Wheelwright shops were common in villages until industrialization. Understanding occupational specificity helps decode social and economic contexts. Compare wheelwright (wheel specialist), cartwright (cart builder), and carpenter (general woodworker). The craft declined with industrialization and mass-produced wheels. In historical fiction and medieval settings, wheelwrights represent traditional craft knowledge.
Also Known As
wheel-wright wheelwrite wainwright
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