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.

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


1098

Religion

Founding of the Cistercian Order

What happened

The founding of the Cistercian Order in 1098 at Citeaux marked a pivotal moment in monastic history, emphasizing a return to strict observance of the Rule of St. Benedict. This reform movement focused on simplicity, manual labor, and communal living, distinguishing the Cistercians from other monastic orders. The Cistercians played a crucial role in the agricultural and spiritual development of medieval Europe, influencing the landscape and culture of the regions they inhabited.

Literary impact

The founding of the Cistercian Order in 1098 inspired a wealth of contemplative and mystical literature. Poets like St. Bernard of Clairvaux expressed themes of asceticism, nature, and divine love, shaping the poetic expressions of spirituality in medieval European verse.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1098

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