Richard
Member since June 2024
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About
I am Richard, the creator of V2Melody, my retirement project where I aim to learn more about poetry, poets, and music by setting classical poems to music using AI tools and freely sharing them with like-minded people.
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The Stormy Petrel
Absolutely brilliant! Those driving reggaeton rhythms instantly pulled me in. The hypnotic beats and staccato desert blues guitar create such a unique atmosphere. This arrangement is both adventurous and uplifting. What a fantastic way to bring this lovely poem to life!
The Haunted House
"This performance just blew me away. I have always loved Felicia Hemans. It's the work of a singer to give soul to the poem. The poem comes with wings; it waits for its righteous singer, and then it flies and makes a home in its needed owner's heart. So, three people are involved in the creative process of the poem: the poet who writes with a heart, the singer who sings with a soul, and the reader who reads and listens with a mind and a heart attentive to both."
A Dead Girl To Her Lover
I couldn't put into words my love for this poem and for all three ethereal tracks. When I first listened to them, I felt entranced. I thought they couldn't be performed any better than they already are - they're just perfect. The longing in the poem is also beautifully reflected in the melancholic voices of the songstresses who sang them with such depth of feeling. My heart finally found an outlet for its emotions in listening to these tracks, and I cried a little when I first heard them two months ago. This website is like a dream come true. Can I ask you for also playing in tune some of the poems of amelia opie(1769-1853).She also wrote beautifully on love with nature imagery. Her poems like "lines to Henry" etc.
Brancusi’s Golden Bird
A musical interpretation of a poem interpreting a work of art. Interesting. Thank you for introducing me to this poet. I had never heard of Mina Loy before today.
Property of Pigeons
"as if an angel had been sick" - one of my favourite lines in a poem.
Too long, skeleton
A little bleak.
A Sense of Humor
Sense of humor indeed will keep us floating through this turbulent sea of life. What a magnificent performance to a powerful poem!
Wind on the Hill
Very beautiful! The track 2 successfully captures the whimsical and quizzical nature of the poem. Track 1 is amazing too!
What a wonderful experience! I’ve always loved “Wind on the Hill,” but hearing it brought to life with those hypnotic Afrobeats rhythms gave the poem a whole new dimension. This arrangement is both playful and deeply moving. Thank you for sharing such a creative and joyful interpretation!
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
I love the word-play where William says: "O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" where the play on words of "a dew" and "adieu" are so obvious but perhaps so overlooked. Maybe the audience of the day would have got the joke?