I learned to type because I had to; I created the Poetry Typing Tutor so others might learn because they want to, with poetry for company.

Building V2Melody before the arrival of our obliging mechanical muse would have required either several lifetimes of devoted labour or the sort of budget normally reserved for small wars, which is precisely why it has never been done before – until one retired Englishman and some remarkably helpful machines decided to have a go.

V2Melody has gained two new features, the Poet Map and Poetry Map, designed not for efficiency, but for discovery, wandering, and unexpected encounters.

I left school at 15, joined the RAF at 16, and followed my own curiosity instead of anyone else’s curriculum — and that freedom is exactly why, in my early-60s, I was able to create V2Melody, a digital garden of musical poetry made possible only by an open mind and AI.

Human history is the story of tools that extend our imagination. Artificial intelligence is simply the newest addition to that long tradition.

After a lifetime that often left little time for study, retirement finally allowed me to explore a long-standing love of poetry. V2Melody grew out of that freedom.

A quiet space for reflections on poetry, music, and the art of listening.

V2Melody is like a garden: tended with care, shaped by patience, and open to anyone who wishes to wander through for a moment of beauty and calm.