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

Home › Glossary › Letter Y

Yatra

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 pilgrimage or sacred journey to a tirtha, undertaken as an act of devotion, penance, or spiritual seeking.

Detailed Definition
Yatra symbolizes the soul’s movement toward the divine—physical travel as inner transformation. Whether to Kailash, Vrindavan, or the Kumbh Mela, yatras involve hardship, community, and grace. In poetry, yatras appear as quests—like Rama’s forest exile or Alvars’ temple circuits—where every step is prayer. Poets describe the sights, sounds, and emotions of pilgrimage: dust, chants, shared meals, and sudden darshan. Yatra becomes a metaphor for life’s spiritual path, marked by faith, endurance, and moments of revelation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Travel poetry captures "the yatra to Varanasi, pilgrims walking dusty roads toward the Ganges"; A devotional poem begins "our annual yatra to the mountain shrine, climbing toward grace"; In contemporary verse, "the yatra is not about arrival but the transformation of walking"; Traditional poetry describes "joining the yatra at dawn, thousands moving as one prayer"; A poet exploring sacred journey writes "each yatra step erases some karmic debt we cannot name"; Cultural poetry depicts "the Char Dham yatra, circling India's four sacred corners"
Additional Notes
A Yatra is a pilgrimage to a sacred place (Tirtha) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Indian religions. It is a physical journey with profound spiritual significance, undertaken for purification, merit, penance, or divine connection. Famous yatras include the Char Dham and the Kumbh Mela. The journey itself, with its hardships and encounters, is as important as the destination. For poets, a yatra is a rich metaphor for the spiritual quest, the journey of life, and the transformative power of traveling with intention and devotion through both physical and inner landscapes.
Also Known As
Pilgrimage Procession
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