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

Seed Moon

Folklore
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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

The Seed Moon is an alternative April or May full moon name, emphasizing planting and germination time.

Detailed Definition
It marks the sowing season for future harvest. In poetry, the Seed Moon symbolizes latent potential, patient nurturing, faith in unseen growth, and the moon's quiet blessing on buried hopes, frequently appearing in themes of intention, cycles of becoming, and agricultural mysticism.
Example
Example in poetry:
Seed Moon in planting verse: 'Seed Moon blesses the furrows with silver light, inspiring poetry of potential, patience, and the hidden labor of future harvest.'; Poets evoke intention: 'Beneath Seed Moon, tiny hopes are buried with care, teaching bards the art of trusting darkness for eventual luminous growth.'; A hopeful ode: 'Seed Moon holds the blueprint of abundance, where every line planted now may yield rich imagery in seasons to come.'; Seed Moon for foundation: 'It reminds poets that strong work begins in stillness and faith, before visible form emerges.'; Cyclical wisdom: 'Seed Moon marks the time of quiet preparation, enriching verses with themes of faith, nurturing, and the slow magic of becoming.'
Additional Notes
Seed Moon, alternative April or May name, emphasizes planting and germination, teaching patience and hidden potential for verses on faith and future harvest.
Also Known As
planting lunar April sowing germination light
Skip to main content