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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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Angeronalia

Historical Festival
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

Roman festival on December 21 honoring Angerona, goddess of anguish and secrecy, with rituals protecting Rome's sacred mysteries

Detailed Definition
The Angeronalia, celebrated on December 21, honored Angerona, deity of anxiety, secrecy, and the winter solstice's oppressive darkness. Her cult statue depicted a bound, gagged figure, representing the protection of Rome's secret name and sacred mysteries. Priests performed private rituals seeking relief from winter's psychological burdens and safeguarding state secrets. In poetry, Angeronalia symbolizes the weight of hidden knowledge, seasonal melancholy, and the paradox of power through silence, appearing in works that explore psychological depth, state mysteries, and the relationship between revelation and concealment in Roman religious thought.
Example
Example in poetry:
Roman poets reference Angeronalia in winter verses about silence and secrets; Ovid mentions the festival in his calendar poetry exploring Roman cult; "At Angeronalia, silence guards the goddess veiled" captures its mystery; The festival's emphasis on secrecy provides material for enigmatic verse; Poets use Angeronalia imagery when exploring themes of concealment and revelation; The December rite appears in poetry about year's end and hidden sorrows
Additional Notes
Angeronalia's December 21 timing at the winter solstice links it to themes of darkness, secrecy, and protection during the year's darkest days. The goddess Angerona, associated with anguish and Rome's secret name, represents the protective power of silence and hidden knowledge. For students of Roman poetry, this festival offers insight into Roman anxieties about secrecy, the numinous power of names, and the protective rituals that safeguarded the state. The festival's solstitial timing also connects it to broader patterns of winter festivals marking the sun's return, though Angeronalia's emphasis on secrecy distinguishes it from more celebratory winter rites.
Also Known As
Divalia
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