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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Velvety

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

Velvety describes a wine’s smooth, soft texture, often from well-integrated tannins, giving a silky mouthfeel.

Detailed Definition
Velvety’s poetic resonance is tactile luxury—it is the sensation of gliding over the palate, like silk or satin. Poets use velvety to discuss grace, ease, and the comfort of refinement. A velvety wine is approachable yet distinguished, lacking harsh edges. In verses about love and tenderness, velvety textures evoke caresses, the soothing balm of familiarity. It also suggests maturity, as harsh tannins soften over time, like a poet’s early roughness polished into fluent elegance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Velvety|"A velvety wine is a wine of texture, its soft, smooth tannins a poem of comfort, of silk and satin on the tongue."; "The poet finds in a velvety wine a model of elegance, a quality that is both luxurious and understated."; "Velvety is a word for wines that have aged well, a subject for poems about the grace that comes with time."; "The poet uses velvety to evoke the sensation of touch, the physical pleasure of a well-made poem that glides through the mind."; "A velvety wine is a caress in a glass, a poem that soothes and envelops the reader."; "The poet compares velvety to the sound of a cello, its deep, smooth tones a source of warmth and resonance."
Additional Notes
Velvety is a texture descriptor for wines that are smooth, soft, and silky on the palate, often the result of well-integrated, mature tannins and a generous body. This quality is highly prized in fine wines, suggesting elegance, refinement, and the mellowing effect of age. For poets, velvety can be used to evoke the sensation of comfort, luxury, and a gentle, caressing touch. It is the texture of a well-worn leather armchair, a rich fabric, or a soothing voice. Velvety wines invite poems about grace, ease, and the pleasures that are not harsh or demanding but enveloping and tender. Related terms include tannin, body, and texture.
Also Known As
Silky Smooth creamy
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