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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Tormentil

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 low-growing plant with bright yellow four-petaled flowers, found in heaths and grasslands.

Detailed Definition
Tormentil appears in poetry associated with healing (historically used for pain, thus "torment"), protection, and modest beauty. The bright yellow flowers on mat-forming plants create golden patches. In moorland poetry, tormentil represents low-growing beauty and traditional medicinal plants. Its name suggests pain relieved. Poets use tormentil to represent healing, plants with medical rather than merely ornamental purposes, and the small bright beauties of rough grasslands that require stooping to appreciate fully, representing attention to detail and healing humble plants.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tormentil's tiny yellow flowers represent transition, survival, and moorland character; In Scottish Highland poetry, tormentil symbolizes native plants and peaty soils; The plant's medicinal astringency appears in poems about traditional remedies; Tormentil's low-growing habit represents plants surviving harsh conditions; The four-petaled flowers (unusual in rose family) add botanical interest; In upland poetry, tormentil indicates acidic soils and wild landscapes
Additional Notes
Tormentil, bearing four-petalled yellow flowers, differs from the typical five-petalled rose family pattern, which can interest poets attentive to botanical detail. Traditionally used medicinally, it symbolises healing and endurance. Found in heaths and grasslands, it contributes to imagery of open, windswept landscapes and understated rural life.
Also Known As
Septfoil Potentilla
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