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



1672

Event dated 14 April 1672

The Great Earthquake of 1672 in Rimini

What happened

On April 14, 1672 CE, an earthquake struck the city of Rimini in Italy, causing damage to buildings and infrastructure. This event is documented in local chronicles and is part of the seismic history of the Adriatic coast. The earthquake, while not as destructive as other events, was a notable occurrence for the city.

Literary impact

The 1672 Rimini earthquake is recorded in Italian historical sources and is part of the regional historical memory. The event is mentioned in the works of local chroniclers and is a part of the narrative of the city's long history. The earthquake is a reminder of the constant threat of seismic activity in Italy, a theme that has been explored by Italian poets and writers over the centuries.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1672

33 poets

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