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 F

Feverfew

Flora
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

An aromatic herb with small, daisy-like white flowers and pungent foliage, traditionally used to reduce fevers.

Detailed Definition
Feverfew symbolizes healing, protection from illness, and the intersection of beauty and medicine in poetry. Its name and traditional use make it represent relief from suffering and the plant world's pharmacy. The flower's modest appearance belies its medicinal power, suggesting hidden virtues and the value of unshowy helpers. In herbal poetry, feverfew represents wisdom of plant medicine and the cultivation of healing gardens. Its bitter scent and taste add associations with difficult remedies and cures that require acceptance of unpleasantness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Feverfew's white daisy-like flowers represent traditional healing and herbal medicine; The plant's bitter taste contrasts with its cheerful appearance in medicinal poetry; In herb garden verse, feverfew symbolizes practical beauty and dual-purpose planting; The flowers' use in migraine treatment adds themes of relief and therapeutic hope; Feverfew self-seeding throughout gardens represents persistence and self-determination; The plant's aromatic foliage and profuse flowering create sensory abundance in summer poetry
Additional Notes
Feverfew sits at the junction of flower and pharmacy: a daisy-like herb long used in folk medicine. In poetry it can signal domestic herbal lore, cottage gardens, or the human wish to ward off suffering. The name itself carries narrative: fever, cure, hope. Because it’s aromatic and slightly bitter, it can support metaphors where consolation is real but not sweet. It pairs naturally with chamomile, yarrow, and other “kitchen physic” plants in pastoral scenes.
Also Known As
Featherfew Bachelor’s Buttons (historic)
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