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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

Consus

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

God of stored grain and underground silos, honored during the Consualia festival linked to the Rape of the Sabine Women.

Detailed Definition
Consus presided over hidden harvests and subterranean abundance. His altar, buried beneath the Circus Maximus, was uncovered during festivals that reenacted Rome’s foundational violence. Poets reference him to explore themes of concealment, civic origin myths, and the paradox of peace born from conflict.
Example
Example in poetry:
Consus, god of stored grain and counsel, features in harvest and foundation myths: "At Consus’ altar, buried beneath the Circus, Rome honors hidden wisdom"; The Consualia festival inspires rustic verse: "Dance, ye horses, for Consus—guardian of the granary’s heart"; Romulus used his festival to abduct the Sabine women—a dark poetic theme: "Consus’ feast, bright with grain, hid darker harvests"; A hymn: "Consus, keeper of secrets and seed, teach us patience."
Additional Notes
Consus was an ancient chthonic god of stored grain, with an altar buried beneath the Circus Maximus—uncovered only during his festivals (Consualia on August 21 and December 15); the August festival coincided with the Rape of the Sabine Women, linking agricultural abundance with foundational violence; his name may derive from “condere” (to store or found); poets reference him in foundation myths or harvest contexts; his hidden altar symbolizes Rome’s buried origins—both literal (grain silos) and metaphorical (the Sabine integration).
Also Known As
harvest god stored grain secret counsel
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