A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

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.

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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Eochaid Ollathair

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

Eochaid Ollathair, also known as the Dagda, is a father figure and leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Detailed Definition
He embodies abundance, wisdom, and magical power. In poetry, Eochaid represents the nurturing and commanding aspects of divinity. His dual identity adds depth to verses about creation and leadership.
Example
Example in poetry:
Eochaid Ollathair appears as another name for the Dagda, meaning "great father of all"; Poets use this title to emphasize the Dagda's paternal aspect and universal authority; The name connects the god to mortal kings named Eochaid, blurring divine and human sovereignty; In verse about Irish kingship, Eochaid Ollathair represents the divine model all earthly kings attempt to embody; Contemporary poets invoke this name when exploring fatherhood as cosmic principle; The title allows poets to present the Dagda in his most patriarchal and foundational aspect
Additional Notes
Eochaid Ollathair (“All-Father”) is an alternative name for the Dagda, emphasizing his role as progenitor and sky-father; the epithet links him to Indo-European divine archetypes (e.g., Zeus Pater, Dyaus Pitar); poets may use this title to explore paternal authority, cosmic order, or the unification of divine functions; it appears in legal and poetic tracts as a mark of supreme sovereignty; invoking “Ollathair” adds gravitas and ancestral depth, useful in ceremonial or foundational verse.
Also Known As
Ollathair The All-Father The Dagda Dagda
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