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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

Home › Glossary › Letter C

Conn

Mythology
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

Conn of the Hundred Battles is a legendary High King of Ireland, associated with strength and unity.

Detailed Definition
His reign marks a golden age of prosperity and order. In poetry, Conn symbolizes heroic leadership, national pride, and the ideal of just rule. His legacy is often invoked in verses celebrating Ireland’s ancient greatness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Conn appears as Conn of the Hundred Battles, High King and ancestor of many Irish dynasties; Poets invoke Conn Cétchathach when tracing royal lineages back to legendary origins; His encounter with the sovereignty goddess who prophesied his descendants provides material for kingship poetry; The Connachta, named for him, give poets a connection between mythic past and historical kingdoms; In nationalist verse, Conn represents the golden age of Irish independence and power; The figure of Conn allows poets to explore themes of destiny, dynasty, and divine right to rule
Additional Notes
Conn of the Hundred Battles, High King and ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasty, is associated with the Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) that cries under a rightful king; his reign marks the beginning of a golden age and is tied to the mythic foundation of Tara; he appears in the tale “The Adventure of Connla,” where his son is lured to the Otherworld; poets can use Conn to explore lineage, destiny, or the intersection of history and myth; his “hundred battles” symbolize relentless unity-building, useful in poems about nationhood or endurance.
Also Known As
Conn Cétchathach Conn of the Hundred Battles Conn Ceadcathach
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