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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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Grenache

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

Grenache is a red grape variety, widely planted in Spain and France, producing fruity, spicy wines with high alcohol and low tannins.

Detailed Definition
Grenache’s poetic appeal is its generosity—it yields wines of exuberant red fruit, garrigue herbs, and a warm, sun-baked character that poets associate with Mediterranean exuberance. Its thin skins and pale color, yet high sugar and alcohol, suggest a wine that is deceptively powerful yet gentle. Poets use Grenache to evoke the stony hillsides of Priorat or Châteauneuf-du-Pape, its wild strawberry and white pepper notes reflecting the scrubland and sea breezes of the south. It is a wine of fiesta and fiery sunsets.
Example
Example in poetry:
Grenache|"Grenache, the grape of the Mediterranean, is a wine of generosity, its red fruit and spicy notes a poem of sun-baked hills."; "The poet finds in Grenache the taste of garrigue, of wild herbs and sea breezes, a flavor of the south."; "Grenache's high alcohol and low tannins make it a wine of warmth and approachability, a poem of easy charm."; "The poet uses Grenache to evoke the landscapes of Spain and the south of France, a region of fiery sunsets and fiestas."; "Grenache is a wine of the people, a companion to rustic meals and simple pleasures."; "The poet compares Grenache to a folk song, its melody familiar and its refrain unforgettable."
Additional Notes
Grenache is a red grape variety that is widely planted in Spain (where it is called Garnacha) and France, producing wines that are often high in alcohol and low in tannins, with intense flavors of red fruit, spice, and garrigue herbs. Its generosity and warmth make it a fitting subject for poems about the Mediterranean, its sun-baked landscapes, and the passionate, communal spirit of the south. Grenache is also a key component of many iconic blends, including Châteauneuf-du-Pape, giving it a role in the classic wines of the Rhône Valley. Students can use Grenache to explore themes of abundance, adaptability, and the blending of different elements into a harmonious whole. Related terms include Syrah and Mourvèdre.
Also Known As
Garnacha
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