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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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Syrah

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

Syrah is a dark-skinned grape variety, producing full-bodied red wines with blackberry, pepper, and smoked meat notes.

Detailed Definition
Syrah’s poetic power lies in its intense, brooding character—its Northern Rhône expressions offer violet and bacon fat, while warmer regions yield jammy richness. Poets invoke Syrah to conjure dramatic landscapes, from the steep Côte-Rôtie to Australian outback, its peppery spice symbolizing heat, danger, and passion. Its deep, almost opaque color suggests night and mystery, while its tannic grip evokes clenched emotions. In verse, Syrah often accompanies narratives of struggle, desire, and the primal forces of earth and fire.
Example
Example in poetry:
Syrah|"Syrah, the grape of the Rhône, is a wine of power and pepper, a poem of dark fruit and smoked meat, of intensity and brooding."; "The poet finds in Syrah the taste of the Northern Rhône, a flavor of the steep slopes and the mistral wind."; "Syrah's deep color and firm tannins make it a wine of structure, a subject for poems about strength and resilience."; "The poet uses Syrah to evoke the dramatic landscapes of the Rhône Valley, a world of crags and vineyards."; "Syrah is a wine of passion, a poem that demands attention and respect."; "The poet compares Syrah to a dramatic monologue, its voice powerful and unforgettable."
Additional Notes
Syrah is a dark-skinned grape variety that produces full-bodied, tannic red wines with intense notes of blackberry, pepper, and smoked meat. It is the classic grape of the Northern Rhône, where it is often bottled on its own, and it has been widely planted in the New World, particularly in Australia (where it is known as Shiraz). This duality makes Syrah a powerful symbol for tradition and reinvention, for the ability of a single variety to express itself in vastly different ways depending on its home. In poetry, Syrah's intensity and brooding character can evoke passion, power, and the darker aspects of human experience. Related terms include Shiraz, Rhône, and tannin.
Also Known As
Shiraz
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