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.

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



1467

Event dated 3 September 1467

The Great Earthquake of 1467 in Siena

What happened

On September 3, 1467 CE, an earthquake struck the city of Siena in Italy, causing significant damage to the city's medieval buildings. This event is documented in the chronicles of the city and is part of the seismic history of the region. The earthquake added to the challenges faced by the Republic of Siena during a period of political and economic decline.

Literary impact

The 1467 Siena earthquake is recorded in local Italian chronicles, which are important sources for the history and literature of the Renaissance. The event is part of the historical backdrop for the works of poets and writers who lived in or wrote about Siena, a city known for its rich cultural heritage. The earthquake is a reminder of the vulnerability of even the most beautiful and well-fortified cities, a theme that resonates in the literature of the time.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1467

3 poets

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