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



1901

Friendship with Hilaire Belloc

Poet involved

What happened

G. K. Chesterton developed a close friendship with fellow writer Hilaire Belloc in 1901. Their intellectual camaraderie and shared interests in literature and theology led to numerous collaborations and mutual influence. This friendship became a cornerstone of Chesterton's literary life.

Literary impact

The friendship with Hilaire Belloc enriched Chesterton's work, providing him with a sounding board for his ideas and a collaborator in various literary projects. Their discussions often sparked new themes in Chesterton's poetry, particularly regarding faith, society, and philosophy. This relationship helped to shape his views and contributed to his literary legacy.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1901

270 poets

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