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 F

Fruity

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

Fruity describes wines with prominent fresh fruit flavors, ranging from citrus and green apple to ripe berries and tropical fruits.

Detailed Definition
Fruity’s poetic appeal is immediacy and youth—it is the vibrant, accessible face of wine, evoking orchards, sunshine, and harvest. Poets use fruity to discuss vitality, the joy of the present, and the uncomplicated pleasure of the senses. It contrasts with earthy or oaky, offering a spectrum of expression. In verses about summer and fecundity, fruity wines become the embodiment of nature’s generosity. Its brightness can also be a mask for simplicity, a foil for deeper, more brooding wines.
Example
Example in poetry:
Fruity|"A fruity wine is a wine of primary flavors, its fresh fruit notes a direct expression of the grape and the vintage."; "The poet finds in fruity wines a celebration of youth and vitality, a taste of the sun and the harvest."; "Fruity flavors in wine are the first impression, the opening lines of a poem that may deepen with time."; "The poet uses fruity to evoke the simple pleasures of life, the joy of a ripe peach or a handful of berries."; "A fruity wine is an accessible wine, a poem that welcomes the reader without demanding prior knowledge."; "The poet compares the fruitiness of a wine to the vividness of a well-chosen image, a direct appeal to the senses."
Additional Notes
Fruity is a tasting descriptor that highlights the primary, grape-derived flavors of a wine, such as citrus, apple, berry, or tropical fruit notes. A fruity wine is often young, vibrant, and accessible, making it a symbol of immediate pleasure and uncomplicated joy. In poetry, fruity can be used to evoke summer, youth, and the bounty of nature. However, fruity flavors can also be simple or even one-dimensional, so poets may choose to contrast them with more complex notes like earth or spice. Students should consider how the degree of fruitiness is often influenced by ripeness at harvest, winemaking choices, and the specific grape variety. Related terms include aroma, nose, and bouquet.
Also Known As
Fruit-forward
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