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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fresh

Perfumery
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

Fresh denotes clean, airy, and invigorating profiles from citrus or aquatics for immediate appeal.

Detailed Definition
In the language of perfumery, "fresh" is a broad and essential category that encompasses a spectrum of clean, bright, and invigorating scents, often derived from citrus fruits, green leaves, aquatic notes, and light florals, designed to evoke a sense of cleanliness and clarity. In poetry, the concept of freshness is a powerful symbol of new beginnings, purity, and revitalization. It is the scent of a crisp morning after a night's rain, the feeling of a cool breeze on a hot day, and the promise of a clean slate. Poets use the adjective "fresh" to describe the start of a new relationship, the dawn of a new era, or the washing away of past troubles. It represents a state of being unburdened, clear-headed, and open to new experiences. The sensory experience of freshness is one of awakening, shaking off lethargy and embracing the vitality of the present moment. It can be the simple, beautiful freshness of a just-picked flower or the more complex freshness of a heart that has forgiven and moved on. In verse, it serves as a potent and accessible counterpoint to the stale, the old, and the wearisome.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Fresh mint and lemon opened the poem like morning air”; Fresh notes suggest cleanliness, awakening, rain, cut stems, or newly washed skin; “After grief, the fresh smell of peeled orange” gives renewal a concrete sensory form; Contrast fresh citrus with smoke, musk, or stale rooms to mark emotional change
Additional Notes
Fresh category delivers clean, airy, invigorating profiles from citrus or aquatic for immediate appeal in colognes and daily wear. Poetry students employ fresh for awakening, purity, or new beginnings in dawn or renewal poems; usage tip: contrast fresh with deep bases for dynamic evolution in narrative arcs. Related to citrus, aquatic, and top note, fresh teaches approachable starts. This helps professors illustrate accessibility in literature, mirroring perfumery's broad appeal. Students craft inviting language that draws readers into deeper exploration.
Also Known As
crisp clean bright zesty green-fresh (in context) bedewed
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