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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narcissus

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

Narcissus is a heady, green, and floral note with indolic, animalic facets.

Detailed Definition
Daffodil echo. Poets explore narcissism and self-reflection through its intoxicating, reflective scent.
Example
Example in poetry:
The myth of Narcissus, who falls in love with his reflection, makes the flower useful for poems about self-regard and illusion; “Narcissus bent over the pool, white petals breathing green shadow” joins botanical image and mythic allusion; Its indolic, green-floral perfume can add sensual complexity rather than mere sweetness; A contemporary poem may revise the myth through a phone screen: “Narcissus refreshed his own bright face”
Additional Notes
Narcissus heady green floral with indolic animalic facets ties to self-reflection and spring in mythic compositions. For poetry, narcissus symbolizes vanity, beauty, or rebirth in psychological or seasonal verses; usage tip: pair narcissus with hyacinth for mythic spring or green for fresh intensity. Related to floral, indolic, and myth, narcissus highlights reflective power. Students learn heady quality for intense self-examination. Professors explore Ovidian influences, enriching intertextual sensory writing.
Other Meanings of “narcissus”
Also Known As
daffodil jonquil (a type) narcissus absolute poet's narcissus
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