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

Partridge

Birds
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 plump, ground-nesting game bird associated with rural life and seasonal hunts.

Detailed Definition
Partridges symbolize abundance, earthiness, and the cycle of giving in poetry. The “partridge in a pear tree” links them to generosity and festive tradition. In classical and pastoral verse, they represent the bounty of the land and the intimacy of field and forest. Poets use partridges to evoke nostalgia for agrarian rhythms, the ethics of hunting, or the quiet dignity of creatures rooted in soil and season.
Example
Example in poetry:
In the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the partridge in a pear tree symbolizes generosity and festive abundance; Poets use the partridge’s ground-nesting habits to evoke earthiness, humility, and connection to soil and season; In classical pastoral verse, the partridge represents the bounty of the hunt and rural harmony; Its explosive flush from cover inspires metaphors for sudden revelation or hidden vitality; Ecopoets reference partridges to discuss agricultural intensification and the loss of hedgerows and fallow fields; The partridge’s coveys in winter symbolize communal survival and familial bonds in cold months.
Additional Notes
Partridge: A ground-nesting game bird associated with autumn, harvest, and rural tradition (e.g., “a partridge in a pear tree”). In poetry, it can symbolize earthiness, vulnerability, or seasonal bounty. Its explosive flush when startled offers sudden motion—useful for narrative surprise or disruption.
Also Known As
Gray Partridge Chukar Partridge Hungarian Partridge Red-legged Partridge
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