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



1048

The Introduction of Paper to the Islamic World

What happened

In 1048, the introduction of paper-making techniques from China to the Islamic world began to revolutionize the way knowledge was recorded and disseminated. This innovation took root in cities like Baghdad, Iraq, facilitating the spread of literature, scientific texts, and poetry. The accessibility of paper allowed for greater literary production and the preservation of cultural heritage.

Literary impact

The introduction of paper significantly impacted the literary landscape, enabling poets and writers to produce and share their works more widely. This innovation led to the flourishing of literary movements, as poetry became more accessible to the public. The increased availability of written texts fostered a vibrant culture of reading and writing, influencing poets across the Islamic world.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1048

0 poets

No musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive in this year according to our catalog.

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