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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powdery

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

Powdery notes evoke talc, iris, or vanilla for soft, dry, and elegant finishes.

Detailed Definition
The "powdery" note in perfumery evokes the sensation and scent of dusted elegance, often associated with iris, violet, heliotrope, or aldehydes, which create a soft, dry, and slightly sweet olfactory texture reminiscent of face powder, clean skin, or old books. In poetry, powdery is a symbol of refinement, nostalgia, and faded glamour. It is the scent of a grandmother's vanity table, a dusty attic filled with forgotten treasures, or a once-grand ballroom now silent. Poets use this note to create an atmosphere of tender intimacy and quiet melancholy. It represents a kind of gentle, worn beauty, suggesting things that have been loved and cared for over time. The powdery quality can evoke the softness of a baby's skin or the delicate, fragile beauty of an aging person. It is a note of memory and presence, of a time that has passed but whose scent lingers. In verses about romance, it can suggest a subtle, chaste sensuality that is more about suggestion than overt passion, offering a nostalgic, refined, and deeply human tenderness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Powdery iris and heliotrope dusted decadent poems with soft, nostalgic glamour.; Educational: "Powdery veil of orris softened the sharp edges of desire in the sonnet."; Poets employ powdery notes for elegant, dry finishes.; "The powdery dry down evoked talc memories of childhood innocence."
Additional Notes
Powdery notes evoke talc iris or vanilla for soft dry elegant finishes in floral or oriental compositions. For poetry education, powdery symbolizes refined nostalgia or gentle veil in memory or elegant verses; usage tip: layer powdery orris with heliotrope for almond powder or vanilla for sweet comfort. Related to iris, heliotrope, and dry, powdery teaches subtle texture. Students learn soft quality for tender restraint. Professors explore Victorian powders, fostering delicate descriptive techniques.
Also Known As
talc-like dusty orris-like (powdery iris) musky-powdery mealy
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