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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 P

Pericón

Dance
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 formal Uruguayan and Argentine folk dance with changing figures and handkerchiefs. It can evoke ceremony, nationhood, and patterned social life.

Detailed Definition
Pericón is a traditional folk dance of Uruguay and Argentina, often performed by several couples who move through arranged figures while carrying handkerchiefs. Its ceremonial formations and historical associations have made it an emblem of national and regional identity. A poet may invoke the pericón to describe pageantry, courtship governed by custom, or a community rehearsing its inherited roles. The fluttering handkerchief can become an image of greeting, farewell, invitation, or restraint, while the changing patterns suggest social order constantly being made anew.
Example
Example in poetry:
The poem describes a Pericón unfolding in a plaza, its figures forming patterns of courtship and ceremony; Use Pericón in a poem about Argentine or Uruguayan heritage to evoke a formal communal folk dance; The dancers’ exchanged handkerchiefs can become symbols of invitation, farewell, or restrained affection; A stanza can mirror a Pericón by moving from paired voices to a larger, coordinated group
Additional Notes
Pericón is associated with Río de la Plata folk traditions and often includes formal formations, partners, and handkerchief signals. It can represent national ceremony, social roles, courtship, and the order created by patterned movement.
Also Known As
Pericón Nacional
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