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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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Herb Robert

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

A small wild geranium with pink flowers and aromatic, deeply cut foliage that turns red in autumn.

Detailed Definition
Herb Robert appears in poetry as a symbol of wild places, hedgerows, and the modest beauties overlooked by those seeking showier flowers. Its aromatic foliage and autumn color provide sensory richness. The plant's ability to grow in walls and rocky places represents persistence and finding a foothold where others cannot. In nature poetry, Herb Robert represents the rewards of close observation and the complex beauties hidden in common plants. Its small flowers and delicate foliage suggest refinement in miniature and beauty that doesn't demand attention.
Example
Example in poetry:
Herb Robert's lacy leaves and small pink flowers represent the beauty found in common hedgerows; The plant's strong scent when crushed adds distinctive sensory imagery; In folk medicine poetry, herb Robert symbolizes traditional healing and wildcraft; The plant's red stems and autumn color create chromatic interest beyond its flowers; Herb Robert growing in shaded, rocky places represents adaptation and finding niches; The geranium family connection adds scientific interest to folklore poetry
Additional Notes
Herb Robert is rich in sensory detail: aromatic leaves, small pink flowers, and foliage that reddens in autumn. In poems it can mark hedgerows and shaded paths, offering a subtle seasonal shift through its changing leaf colour. As a wild geranium, it suggests modest resilience rather than showy ornament, and its strong scent can be used as a memory trigger. The “personal” name gives it narrative friendliness, as if the plant were a familiar companion in the margins.
Also Known As
Red Robin Herb Bennet (confused usage)
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