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

Salvia

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 large genus including sage and ornamental salvias, with tubular flowers in spikes, often in vibrant colors.

Detailed Definition
Salvias symbolize wisdom, domestic virtues, and long life in poetry, especially garden sage. Ornamental salvias represent vibrant color and gardener's achievements. The flowers' tubular form attracts hummingbirds, adding motion and life to garden scenes. In herbal poetry, sage represents healing, preservation, and kitchen gardens. Poets use salvias to represent wisdom (sage advice), longevity (sage that lives long), cultivated beauty (ornamental types), and the intersection of utility and ornament. The variety within the genus allows multiple associations.
Example
Example in poetry:
Salvia's diverse forms allow poets to explore variety within a single genus; In herb garden poetry, culinary sage (salvia) represents wisdom and longevity; Red salvia's brilliant flower spikes attract hummingbirds in summer garden poetry; The plant's aromatic foliage adds sensory depth to Mediterranean-themed verse; Salvia as "salve" (healing) connects to poems about medicinal gardens; In contemporary gardens, ornamental salvias represent breeding advances and extended bloom
Additional Notes
Salvia, encompassing culinary sage and ornamental varieties, bridges practical herb garden and ornamental border. Sage has long symbolised wisdom and longevity, while vivid salvias in scarlet or violet suggest heat and intensity. Their tubular flowers attract pollinators, linking them to ecological awareness. Poets may exploit this range to move between domestic intimacy and flamboyant display.
Also Known As
Sage Meadow Sage
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