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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

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The Grail Procession

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 wondrous ceremonial passage in which sacred objects appear before chosen witnesses.

Detailed Definition
The Grail Procession is a visionary sequence from the romances surrounding the Holy Grail. A vessel, lance, sword, candles, maidens, and other marvels may pass through a hall while the observers remain unable to understand what they see. In poetry, the procession suggests revelation that is beautiful yet incomplete. It can describe a fleeting vision of grace, a pageant of symbols, or the soul’s inability to recognize holiness until purity and courage make perception possible.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may portray the Grail Procession as a silent sequence of sacred objects moving through a dark hall; Chrétien de Troyes’s procession of the Grail and bleeding lance provides a foundation for this poetic image; The Grail Procession can create suspense when a witness sees wonders but fails to ask the necessary question; A contemporary poem might recast the Grail Procession as candles, bread, and a wounded king passing through a ruined city
Additional Notes
The Grail Procession is the ceremonial appearance of sacred objects before a knight or other chosen witness. Commonly, the procession includes the Grail, a bleeding spear, candles, or richly presented vessels. Its meaning is often deliberately mysterious, so the observer must respond with humility and ask the right question. The scene combines visual spectacle, religious symbolism, suspense, and tests of spiritual readiness.
Also Known As
Procession of the Grail Grail Procession
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