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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Verbena

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 flowering plant with clusters of small flowers in various colors, some species scented.

Detailed Definition
Verbena symbolizes enchantment, sensibility, and may you get your wish in poetry. Some varieties' lemon scent adds olfactory dimension. In garden poetry, verbena represents summer bedding and continuous bloom. The flowers' clustering suggests community. Certain verbenas' medicinal uses add healing associations. Poets use verbena to represent persistent flowering, wishes granted, and plants that bloom reliably through summer, representing constancy and good fortune. The name's root meaning "sacred bough" adds ancient associations with religious uses and protection.
Example
Example in poetry:
Verbena's clusters of small flowers represent enchantment, sensibility, and healing; In Victorian garden poetry, verbena symbolizes tender feeling and family union; Lemon verbena's intense citrus fragrance appears in sensory and memory poetry; The plant's use in herbal tea connects to poems about calm and digestion; In South American poetry, native verbena represents indigenous plants and traditional use; The flowers' color range (purple, pink, red, white) creates garden variety
Additional Notes
Verbena has classical associations with sacred rites, as certain species were used in Roman ceremonies. Its clustered blossoms can symbolise enchantment or healing, and in Victorian flower language it conveyed sensitivity. Because it flourishes in both wild and cultivated forms, it bridges the gap between ritual, folklore, and ornamental beauty.
Also Known As
Vervain
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