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

Home › Glossary › Letter E

Extrait

Perfumery
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 highly concentrated perfume with richness, depth, and prolonged persistence.

Detailed Definition
Extrait refers to a richly concentrated perfume, often prized for its fullness and slow development on skin. In poetry, it can symbolize an experience reduced to its most potent form: a childhood distilled into one room, a marriage held in one garment, or a confession that continues releasing meaning. Unlike a quick impression, extrait invites patience, allowing the poem’s emotional substance to emerge gradually and remain after the surface has faded.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet might call a nearly undiluted perfume an extrait to emphasize its density and lasting power; “The extrait darkened the velvet air” treats concentration as a quality of color and texture; In a poem about inheritance, a small bottle of extrait can symbolize luxury preserved across generations; The term allows poets to contrast a concentrated emotional memory with a fleeting impression.
Additional Notes
Extrait, also called parfum or perfume extract, contains a high proportion of aromatic materials and is often applied sparingly. It may feel denser, smoother, and more intimate than lighter formats, with substantial longevity. Actual concentration and performance vary considerably among houses.
Also Known As
Extrait de Parfum Perfume Extract
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