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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



1214

The Development of Algebra in the Islamic World

What happened

During 1214, significant advancements in algebra were being made in the Islamic world, particularly in regions like Baghdad and Cordoba. Scholars such as Al-Khwarizmi were developing methods that would later influence European mathematics and science. This intellectual exchange was crucial for the evolution of mathematical concepts that would later find their way into poetry, particularly in the use of meter and rhyme schemes.

Literary impact

The advancements in algebra and mathematics during this period influenced poets by providing them with new ways to structure their work. The precision and patterns found in mathematical formulations inspired poets to explore complex forms and structures in their poetry. This can be seen in the later works of poets like Omar Khayyam, who blended mathematical concepts with poetic expression.

Source: Wikipedia

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