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 S

Salish

Mythology
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

Indigenous North American groups whose mythologies feature Coyote as a trickster and Transformer figures who shape the world.

Detailed Definition
The Salish peoples (Coast and Interior) maintain rich traditions featuring Coyote, the Transformer, and salmon spirits. Their cosmology emphasizes river and sea. As a tribal name, “Salish” in poetry evokes Pacific Northwest spirituality, linguistic diversity, and cultural resilience. Poets reference Salish to honor the legacy of storytelling, ecological reciprocity, and the survival of indigenous identity in the face of colonization.
Example
Example in poetry:
Salish, referencing the Pacific Northwest peoples, appears in poetry as the cedar’s patient song in canoe carving; A verse uses “Salish” to honor reef-net fishing as sustainable science; Contemporary poets invoke Salish place names like “Squamish” to reclaim territory; In lyrical form, Salish grandmothers weave blankets that hold clan stories; Salish identity becomes a salmon run in verse—returning despite obstacles.
Additional Notes
Salish peoples (Coast and Interior) of the Northwest have rich mythologies featuring Coyote, Transformer figures, and ocean spirits like Qálqali (underwater beings); their stories explain landscape features and social laws—poets should distinguish between distinct Salish nations (e.g., Flathead, Bella Coola) and avoid pan-Salish generalizations; contemporary Salish writers like Mourning Dove offer authentic literary bridges to these traditions.
Also Known As
Coast Salish Interior Salish
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