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



1056

Event dated 1056–1077

Establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary

What happened

In 1056, the Kingdom of Hungary was solidifying its power under King Andrew I. This period marked the establishment of a centralized monarchy in Central Europe, which would influence the region's political landscape for centuries. The cultural and political developments in Hungary during this time would later inspire poets and writers, as the nation sought to assert its identity and heritage.

Literary impact

The rise of the Kingdom of Hungary and its cultural identity would inspire poets to explore themes of nationalism and heritage in their works. The Hungarian epic 'Gesta Hungarorum' reflects the historical narrative of the nation, influencing later poets to draw upon their roots and cultural stories, thus enriching the literary tradition of Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1056

0 poets

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

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