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 P

Parsley

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 biennial herb with curled or flat leaves and small greenish flowers, used as culinary garnish and flavoring.

Detailed Definition
Parsley symbolizes festivity, gratitude, and the enhancement of other dishes in poetry. Its role as garnish makes it represent support, finishing touches, and attention to detail. In herbal poetry, parsley represents the everyday herbs that accompany rather than dominate. Traditional associations with death and funeral feasts add darker dimension. The herb's freshness and bright green color represent renewal and vitality. Poets use parsley to explore supporting roles, the plants that perfect others' presentations, and humble ingredients that complete experiences.
Example
Example in poetry:
Parsley's bright green, curled leaves represent garnish, freshness, and culinary completion; In herb lore poetry, parsley connects to superstitions about slow germination ("goes to the devil seven times"); The plant's biennial nature and winter hardiness symbolize endurance and reliable return; Flat-leaf versus curly parsley distinctions allow for cultural and culinary precision; In ancient Greek poetry, parsley appears in funeral rites and victory crowns; The herb's vitamin richness creates metaphors for concentrated nutrition in small packages
Additional Notes
Parsley is a humble culinary herb that can carry surprising symbolic weight because it bridges the everyday and the ritual: garnish on the plate, medicine in tradition, and, in some cultures, associations with cleansing or mourning. In poetry it can anchor a domestic scene with sensory realism: chopped green, sharp scent on the hands. Because it’s commonly grown, it can symbolise the ordinary continuities that sustain life, and it pairs well with thyme, rosemary, and sage for herb-laden memory poems.
Other Meanings of “Parsley”
Also Known As
Garden Parsley Petroselinum
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