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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Bouquet

Viniculture
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

Bouquet is the complex, evolved aroma of a mature wine, distinct from primary fruit notes, developed through aging.

Detailed Definition
Bouquet’s poetic nuance is time’s signature—it is the second chapter of scent, unfolding with age, like the wisdom of old age. Poets use bouquet to discuss sophistication, the patina of years, and the layering of experience. Its tertiary notes (leather, tobacco, mushroom) evoke autumn, libraries, and memory. The bouquet is not immediately apparent; it requires patience and coaxing, much like a poem’s deeper meanings. In verses about reunion and reflection, the bouquet offers a olfactory autobiography of the wine’s journey.
Example
Example in poetry:
Bouquet|"The bouquet of a mature wine is the fragrance of memory, the scent of leather, tobacco, and dried flowers from a past era."; "The poet, like the connoisseur, seeks the bouquet, the complex, evolved aroma that speaks of time and patience."; "A wine's bouquet is its autobiography, written in volatile compounds, telling the story of its aging."; "The bouquet of a great wine is a poem in itself, a layered, shifting sequence of scents that unfolds with each swirl."; "The poet finds in the bouquet a metaphor for the depth of human experience, the many notes that combine to form a life."; "Bouquet is the wine's final, most subtle expression, the echo of its journey from grape to glass."
Additional Notes
Bouquet is distinct from a wine's primary "nose" in that it refers to the complex, evolved aromas that develop during bottle aging, such as leather, tobacco, mushroom, and dried fruit. This term is particularly useful for poets writing about maturity, wisdom, and the passing of time, as the bouquet is a sign that the wine has evolved beyond its initial youthfulness. Unlike the nose, which is often immediate and fruity, the bouquet is subtle and layered, requiring patience and attention to fully appreciate. Students can use bouquet to explore how the best things in life—like poems or relationships—often require time to reveal their full richness. Related terms include nose, aroma, and oxidation.
Also Known As
Nose nosegay
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