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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

Purga

Winds
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

Purga is a severe blizzard wind of the Russian and Siberian tundra, often accompanied by drifting snow and extreme cold, similar to the buran but with more violent gusts.

Detailed Definition
The purga is a winter phenomenon of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, notorious for its blinding snow and bone-chilling ferocity. In Siberian and Yakut poetry, the purga is personified as a white demon, a howling spirit of the snow. It represents the absolute power of winter, the isolation of the taiga, and the struggle for survival. Poets use its deafening roar to evoke madness, the dissolution of self, and the sublime terror of nature. Its blankness also suggests a tabula rasa, a purification through suffering.
Example
Example in poetry:
Purga|Purga is a severe blizzard wind of the Russian and Siberian tundra, often accompanied by drifting snow and extreme cold, similar to the buran but with more violent gusts.|The purga is a winter phenomenon of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, notorious for its blinding snow and bone-chilling ferocity. In Siberian and Yakut poetry, the purga is personified as a white demon, a howling spirit of the snow. It represents the absolute power of winter, the isolation of the taiga, and the struggle for survival. Poets use its deafening roar to evoke madness, the dissolution of self, and the sublime terror of nature. Its blankness also suggests a tabula rasa, a purification through suffering.;
Additional Notes
The purga is a severe blizzard wind of the Russian and Siberian tundra, a winter phenomenon of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, notorious for its blinding snow and bone-chilling ferocity. It is similar to the buran but with more violent gusts, a howling spirit of the snow, representing the absolute power of winter, the isolation of the taiga, and the struggle for survival. In Siberian and Yakut poetry, the purga is personified as a white demon, a force that evokes madness, the dissolution of self, and the sublime terror of nature. Its blankness also suggests a tabula rasa, a purification through suffering. Poets can use the purga to explore themes of extreme isolation, the near-death experience, and the profound humility before the raw, indifferent power of the Arctic cold. Its deafening roar is a sound of pure, elemental force.
Also Known As
Siberian blizzard relentless snow polar fury
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