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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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Oaky

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

Oaky describes wines with flavors and aromas derived from oak aging, such as vanilla, coconut, toast, and spice.

Detailed Definition
Oaky’s poetic significance is the hand of the cooper—it is the influence of human artifice, of barrel selection and toast level. Poets use oaky to discuss cultivation, enhancement, and the debate over natural versus crafted. Oak can dominate or support; its presence can be elegant or cloying. In verses about craftsmanship and heritage, oak notes evoke the cooper’s fire, the forests of France or America, and the slow exchange between wood and wine. Oaky also implies a certain comfort, like the wood-paneled libraries of old estates.
Example
Example in poetry:
Oaky|"An oaky wine is a wine of vanilla and toast, its flavors a result of time spent in new oak barrels."; "The poet finds in oak the influence of the cooper, a human touch that shapes the wine's character."; "Oaky flavors can be elegant or overpowering, a subject for poems about balance and restraint."; "The poet uses oak to discuss the role of the artisan, the winemaker's choice of barrel and toast level."; "Oak is a symbol of tradition and craft, a link to the forests and the cooper's fire."; "The poet compares oak to a mentor, its influence shaping the wine's development and adding depth."
Additional Notes
Oaky describes the flavors and aromas derived from oak aging, including vanilla, coconut, toast, spice, and sometimes a creamy texture. The use of oak is one of the winemaker's most significant stylistic choices, and it can greatly influence the wine's character. In poetry, oak can symbolize the hand of the craftsman, the influence of tradition, and the role of external factors in shaping an inner essence. Students should note that oak can be used with varying degrees of subtlety, from a light touch to a dominant presence, allowing poets to explore themes of enhancement versus overpowering. Related terms include barrel, toast, and barrel-fermented.
Also Known As
Oaked
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