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



1883

Relocation to Paris

Poet involved

What happened

In 1883, A. Mary F. Robinson relocated to Paris, France, following her marriage to Joseph Darmesteter. This move immersed her in a vibrant literary and artistic community, allowing her to engage with contemporary French writers and artists. Paris became a significant backdrop for her literary development and personal life.

Literary impact

Living in Paris exposed Robinson to new literary movements and ideas, influencing her poetic style and themes. The city's cultural richness inspired her to explore more modernist elements in her work, bridging her Romantic roots with the evolving literary landscape of the early 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1883

256 poets

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