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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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Elatha

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

Fomorian prince and father of Bres and Eochaid, known for his beauty and fairness

Detailed Definition
Elatha is depicted as noble despite his Fomorian lineage, returning a sword rather than accepting stolen goods. He embodies the complexity of identity and honor beyond tribal lines. Poets reference Elatha to explore themes of integrity, the ambiguity of heritage, and the possibility of virtue in the “enemy.”
Example
Example in poetry:
Elatha is a Fomorian prince of great beauty and father of Bres; Despite his lineage, Elatha is noble and returns a borrowed sword with honor; He represents the complexity of Fomorian characters—not all are villains; Poets use Elatha to explore themes of mixed heritage and ethical ambiguity; His golden hair and fairness contrast with typical Fomorian depictions; Elatha shows that beauty and virtue can exist across enemy lines.
Additional Notes
Elatha is a Fomorian prince of extraordinary beauty and nobility, father of Bres by Ériu. Despite his lineage, he returns a borrowed sword with honor, showing that Fomorians aren’t uniformly villainous. Students should analyze Elatha as a figure of ethical ambiguity and mixed heritage. His golden hair contrasts with typical Fomorian depictions, challenging binary oppositions. Poets use Elatha to explore the complexity of identity, the possibility of virtue across enemy lines, and the tragedy of divided loyalties.
Also Known As
Elatha the Fair The Noble Fomorian Golden-Haired Prince Father of Bres
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