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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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Cava

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

Cava is a Spanish sparkling wine produced using the traditional method, primarily in Catalonia.

Detailed Definition
Cava brings Mediterranean sunshine and festive spirit to poetry. Its effervescence suggests celebration, lightness, and regional pride. Poets may invoke Cava to evoke images of Catalan culture, coastal festivals, or the joy of shared moments. It contrasts with Champagne’s formality, offering a more accessible, warm, and communal symbol of bubbly delight.
Example
Example in poetry:
Cava sparkled from Penedès, and the poet called it the Mediterranean's effervescent sigh; He wrote of Cava as the working-class bubble, a festive pop that needed no royal pedigree; In her travelogue, Cava was the picnic's prose, earthy and bright with hints of green almond; The poet compared Cava to a Catalan rumba—rhythmic, earthy, and unpretentiously joyful; She called Cava the foam on the sea of Spanish sun, a joyous fizz that cost less than a sonnet
Additional Notes
Cava is Spain's most famous sparkling wine, produced using the traditional method (secondary fermentation in the bottle) primarily in the Penedès region of Catalonia, with key grape varieties including Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada, as well as the lesser-used Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; its production is governed by a rigorous appellation system that mandates a minimum of 9 months of aging on the lees for basic Cava, with Reserva and Gran Reserva requiring 15 and 30 months, respectively, creating a range from fresh and fruity to complex and toasty; for students, Cava offers an accessible and affordable example of traditional-method sparkling wine, distinct from Champagne in its fruitier, less yeasty profile, and it provides a rich vocabulary for poetry about celebration, Spanish history, and the Mediterranean light, representing the effervescence of festivity and the craftsmanship of a region with centuries of winemaking tradition.
Also Known As
Spanish sparkling Catalan bubbly traditional method
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