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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

Home › Glossary › Letter D

Demijohn

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

Demijohn is a large glass or stoneware bottle with a narrow neck, often encased in wicker, used for storing wine or spirits.

Detailed Definition
Demijohn’s poetic charm is its rustic, globular shape and wicker casing—it evokes farmhouse cellars, roadside cafes, and the Mediterranean tradition of bulk wine. Its translucency allows the wine’s color to be seen, while the wicker protects it from light. Poets use demijohn to evoke simplicity, old-fashioned ways, and the charm of imperfection. Its size, larger than a bottle but smaller than a cask, positions it as a middle vessel, often used for transport. In verses about countryside inns, the demijohn is a familiar, welcoming sight.
Example
Example in poetry:
Demijohn|"The demijohn, with its wicker casing and large, globular shape, is a rustic vessel, a symbol of the simple life."; "The poet sees the demijohn as a character from a pastoral scene, a container of homemade wine and country hospitality."; "A demijohn of wine on a farmhouse table is an invitation to share, a poem of community and generosity."; "The demijohn, often used for bulk wine, represents the everyday, the unpretentious, the honest."; "The poet uses the demijohn to evoke a time before commercial winemaking, when wine was made for family and friends."; "The demijohn is a vessel of tradition, its shape and material unchanged for centuries."
Additional Notes
The demijohn is a large, often wicker-covered glass or stoneware vessel used for storing and transporting wine, and it evokes a sense of rustic charm and old-world craftsmanship. Its globular shape and narrow neck make it a distinctive visual object, one that poets can use to suggest a connection to the past, to artisanal methods, and to the Mediterranean tradition of bulk wine. The demijohn's size and material also suggest a certain humility, as it is a vessel for everyday wine rather than the luxury of a polished bottle. Students can use the demijohn to evoke scenes of farmhouse cellars, roadside cafes, and the simple, unpretentious pleasures of wine shared among friends. Related terms include carboy and bottle.
Also Known As
Carboy Wicker bottle
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