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.

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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Wisteria

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 climbing vine with cascading clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers.

Detailed Definition
Wisteria symbolizes longing, nostalgia, and the passage of time in poetry. Its weeping blooms evoke melancholy beauty, often adorning old gardens or abandoned structures. East Asian and Western poets alike use it to convey the bittersweet ache of memory, unfulfilled desire, or the elegance of decay.
Example
Example in poetry:
Wisteria appears in Japanese poetry as symbol of longevity and grace: “Wisteria cascades like purple rain over temple gates”; In Southern U.S. verse, it’s nostalgic beauty: “Wisteria drapes the porch where Grandpa told stories”; Modern poets admire its pendulous blooms: “Wisteria vines—lavender waterfalls in May”; In love poetry, its fragrance evokes memory: “Your perfume—wisteria on a warm night”; In eco-poetry, it’s invasive in non-native regions: “Wisteria strangles the oak—beauty with grip”; In sensory verse, its clusters invite touch: “Wisteria blossoms—soft as moth wings, heavy as regret.”
Additional Notes
Wisteria, with its cascading clusters of purple or white pea-like flowers, symbolizes longing, sensuality, and the weight of memory; in Japanese and Chinese poetry, it represents welcome and reflection; its vigorous, twining growth can suggest entanglement or overwhelming beauty; in Western verse (e.g., Plath), it often conveys melancholic opulence—note its toxicity for layered interpretation.
Also Known As
Glycine Wistaria Wisteria blue
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