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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

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.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard



763

Establishment of the House of Wisdom

What happened

The House of Wisdom was established in Baghdad in 763, serving as a major intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age. It was a place where scholars from various cultures gathered to study, translate, and innovate across disciplines such as mathematics, astronomy, and literature. This institution played a pivotal role in the advancement of knowledge and the cross-cultural exchange of ideas.

Literary impact

The House of Wisdom fostered a vibrant literary culture, encouraging the production of poetry that explored scientific and philosophical themes. Poets and scholars often collaborated, leading to works that blended poetic expression with intellectual inquiry, influencing later generations of poets in both the Islamic world and beyond.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 763

3 poets

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