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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Zarephath

Historical Location
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 Phoenician town where Elijah was fed by a widow during a famine

Detailed Definition
Zarephath (or Sarepta) is where Elijah performed miracles for a Gentile widow (1 Kings 17), prefiguring Jesus’ ministry to outsiders. It symbolizes unexpected provision and cross-cultural grace. In poetry, Zarephath represents divine care in obscurity and the breaking of ethnic barriers—often used to affirm that mercy flows beyond chosen boundaries.
Example
Example in poetry:
In 1 Kings 17, Zarephath is where Elijah is fed by a widow, a poetic miracle of provision; The prophet Jesus references Zarephath to highlight faith beyond Israel (Luke 4:26); Modern Lebanese poets reclaim Zarephath (Sarepta) as coastal heritage; In liturgical verse, Zarephath symbolizes unexpected hospitality and divine care; Contemporary poetry uses Zarephath to explore cross-cultural compassion and survival.
Additional Notes
Zarephath (Sarepta), where Elijah was fed by a widow (1 Kings 17), symbolizes cross-cultural compassion and divine provision. Jesus references it to highlight Gentile faith (Luke 4:26). Modern Lebanese poets reclaim it as coastal heritage. Students should note its location between Sidon and Tyre.
Also Known As
Sarepta Sidonian Village Widow’s Town Elijah’s Refuge
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