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

siansa

Dialect
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

The Irish word for harmony, symphony, or a pleasing concert of sounds, used in poetry to describe musical beauty and the ideal of voices or instruments in perfect accord.

Detailed Definition
Siansa (sometimes anglicised as shanachy) describes an aesthetic ideal in Irish musical culture — the beauty that arises when multiple elements of sound come together in harmony. In poetry the term invokes this model of harmonious combination as a standard for lyric achievement: the poem as siansa balances sound, rhythm, and meaning into a unified whole. The word connects individual poetic craft to the communal music-making of Irish tradition, suggesting that the finest verse shares the quality of well-performed ensemble music. Revival poets drawn to the idea of Celtic harmony — a counter to what they saw as modern discordance — found siansa a useful touchstone.
Example
Example in poetry:
Siansa describes harmonious sound creating peaceful atmosphere; The siansa of rain on roof comforts listeners inside warm homes; Poets seek siansa in natural environments for meditation and composition; The siansa of traditional instruments evokes deep emotional responses; Disruption of siansa signals approaching danger or discord; Modern sound poetry explores siansa through experimental acoustic techniques.
Additional Notes
Siansa (harmony/symphony) in Irish poetry describes a pleasing concert of sounds, whether musical or natural. It evokes a sense of order, beauty, and peace. Poets use siansa to depict the ideal state of relationships or environments. It contrasts with discord and chaos, representing balance. Siansa can refer to the harmony of voices in choir or the sounds of nature. Understanding siansa helps appreciate the aesthetic ideals of Irish poetry, where sound and meaning align to create unity.
Also Known As
harmony symphony concord musical blend
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