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

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Sparkling

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

Sparkling refers to wines containing dissolved carbon dioxide, creating effervescence, from méthode traditionnelle to tank fermentation.

Detailed Definition
Sparkling’s poetic energy is effervescence and lightness—its bubbles dance and rise, like the poet’s own quickened spirit. Poets use sparkling to discuss joy, surprise, and the spark of life. It is the wine of toasts and farewells, its fizz an acoustic signature. In verses about celebration and renewal, sparkling wines cut through heaviness. The bubbles also suggest transience, as they vanish quickly, like laughter or a gleam in the eye. Its production, from Champagne to Prosecco, adds geographic nuance, but its sparkle is universal.
Example
Example in poetry:
Sparkling|"Sparkling wine is a wine of celebration, its bubbles a poem of joy and light, a symphony of effervescence."; "The poet finds in sparkling wine a metaphor for happiness, for the fleeting moments of delight that rise and burst."; "Sparkling wine's production, with its secondary fermentation, is a subject for poems about complexity and craft."; "The poet uses sparkling to evoke the glamour of a party, the sound of corks popping and glasses clinking."; "Sparkling wine is a wine of the senses, a poem that appeals to sight, sound, and taste."; "The poet compares sparkling wine to a fireworks display, a burst of energy and color."
Additional Notes
Sparkling wine is a wine that contains dissolved carbon dioxide, creating its characteristic bubbles, whether through the traditional method, the tank method, or another process. This effervescence is a powerful symbol of celebration, joy, and the fleeting nature of happiness, as the bubbles quickly rise and burst. In poetry, sparkling wine can be used to evoke the sparkle of wit, the fizz of new love, or the lightness of a moment of triumph. Students should note that the production of sparkling wine requires a second fermentation, a labor of patience and precision that adds depth to the term's symbolism. Related terms include méthode traditionnelle, Champagne, and fizz.
Also Known As
Effervescent Fizz Vivacious glimm'ring
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