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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Parfleche Woman

Mythology
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

Parfleche Woman is a symbolic Native American figure representing hide preparation, craftsmanship, and the cultural transmission of material knowledge.

Detailed Definition
Parfleche Woman is not a standardized myth figure but may symbolize the spirit of hide preparation and artistic craft in Plains cultures, where parfleches (rawhide containers) were essential. In poetry, she embodies women’s labor, artistic tradition, and the transformation of animal into utility. Poets use her to explore themes of material culture, feminine skill, and the sacredness of everyday creation.
Example
Example in poetry:
Parfleche Woman appears in Plains poetry as the artisan whose painted rawhide maps hold tribal history; A verse describes Parfleche Woman dyeing hides with berry juice and bloodroot to tell migration stories; Poets use Parfleche Woman to symbolize cultural preservation: “Her folds protect what books erased”; In feminist poetry, her designs become resistance glyphs; Her bundles become libraries in verse—portable, resilient, and sacred.
Additional Notes
Parfleche Woman is not a classical mythological figure but may refer to symbolic representations of women who crafted parfleches (rawhide containers) in Plains cultures; these women held economic and artistic authority—poets using this term should clarify whether referencing historical roles or poetic invention, and avoid fabricating mythic personas without tribal basis; better to engage with actual figures like White Buffalo Calf Woman for sacred feminine symbolism.
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