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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Serviceberry

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 small tree or shrub with white spring flowers and edible purple berries, also called juneberry or shadbush.

Detailed Definition
Serviceberries symbolize service, provision, and the intersection of beauty and utility in poetry. The various common names reflect different aspects: appearing when shad fish run, fruiting in June, providing service to wildlife and humans. In American poetry, serviceberries evoke native landscapes and indigenous food sources. The spring flowers' delicate beauty and edible fruits represent plants giving generously. Poets use serviceberries to explore themes of serving others, dual purpose beauty, and trees that feed both eyes and body.
Example
Example in poetry:
Serviceberry's white spring blossoms and edible fruit represent multi-season interest; In North American poetry, serviceberries symbolize native plants and indigenous food traditions; The tree's name (blooming when ground thawed for burial services) adds somber historical context; Autumn serviceberry foliage in brilliant colors creates chromatic drama; The berries feeding wildlife connect to poems about gardens as habitat; In urban forestry poetry, serviceberries represent appropriate street trees and native landscaping
Additional Notes
Serviceberry, also called juneberry or shadbush, blooms early with white flowers before leaf-out, creating luminous woodland scenes. Its edible berries connect wildlife and human foraging traditions. In North American poetry it often signals seasonal change and quiet abundance, blending ornamental beauty with sustenance.
Also Known As
Juneberry Amelanchier Shadbush
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