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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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Dinas Emrys

Arthurian Legend
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

A Welsh hillfort linked to Merlin’s prophecy about the red and white dragons, symbolizing British and Saxon conflict.

Detailed Definition
Dinas Emrys is the site of Merlin’s first great prophecy, revealing destiny through mythic beasts. In poetry, it signifies the birth of national consciousness and the role of seers in shaping historical narrative through symbolic vision.
Example
Example in poetry:
Dinas Emrys, the Welsh site of Merlin’s prophecy about the red and white dragons, inspires poems about destiny and national identity—e.g., “At Dinas Emrys, Merlin heard the future hiss in the earth’s bones”; Poets use it to explore prophecy as burden: “The boy who spoke at Dinas Emrys could not unhear the dragons’ war”; In Welsh-language verse, it anchors Arthurian myth in native soil; Its name evokes geopolitical tension in allegorical lyrics; Contemporary poets frame Dinas Emrys as the birthplace of symbolic conflict.
Additional Notes
Dinas Emrys (“Fortress of Ambrosius”) is a real Welsh hillfort linked to Merlin’s prophecy of the red (British) and white (Saxon) dragons—a foundational myth of national identity. Though pre-Arthurian, it’s woven into Arthur’s origin as Merlin’s first revelation. Poets use it to symbolize the birth of prophecy, cultural conflict, and the land’s voice. For students, Dinas Emrys bridges history and myth, illustrating how Arthurian legend absorbs native British lore to frame kingship as divinely ordained struggle—making it vital for understanding the legend’s political and prophetic dimensions.
Also Known As
Fortress of Ambrosius Dinas Emrys Hillfort Merlin’s Prophecy Site
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