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

Peach

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 fruit tree with pink blossoms and velvety, sweet fruits.

Detailed Definition
Peach trees and blossoms appear in poetry symbolizing longevity, immortality, spring beauty, and sensuality. In Chinese poetry especially, peaches represent immortality and springtime renewal. The fruit's soft, fuzzy skin and juicy sweetness suggest sensual pleasure. Peach blossoms appearing in early spring represent awakening desire and nature's generative forces. In Western poetry, peaches evoke Southern orchards and summer's ripeness. The fruit's vulnerability to bruising makes it represent delicate beauty requiring gentle handling.
Example
Example in poetry:
Peaches represent sensuality, longevity, and summer's sweetest pleasures in poetry; The fruit's soft, downy skin provides tactile imagery for describing beloved or luxury; In Chinese poetry, peaches symbolize immortality and appear in paradise garden descriptions; Peach blossoms in spring create pink clouds anticipating summer's fruition; The fruit's vulnerability to bruising makes it a metaphor for fragile beauty requiring gentle handling; In Southern U.S. poetry, peach orchards represent regional identity and agricultural heritage
Additional Notes
Peach blossom is a strong emblem of spring sensuality: pink bloom, soft light, and the promise of warm fruit. In poetry it often suggests youth, desire, and the sweetness of anticipation, while the velvety fruit later can deepen the sensual register. Peach trees also carry cultural resonance in East Asian traditions, where blossoms can symbolise longevity or romance, offering rich intertextual possibilities. The contrast between delicate blossoms and heavy ripe fruit supports metaphors of time and maturation.
Other Meanings of “Peach”
Also Known As
Prunus persica Peach Tree
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