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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


1658

Culture

Inheritance of Beresford Hall

Poet involved

What happened

In 1658, at the age of twenty-eight, Charles Cotton inherited Beresford Hall in Alstonefield, Staffordshire. This estate, however, was burdened with significant debts and lawsuits from his father's lifetime. The inheritance marked a significant turning point in Cotton's life, as he navigated the challenges of managing the estate while pursuing his literary ambitions.

Literary impact

The financial struggles associated with Beresford Hall influenced Cotton's poetry, often reflecting themes of nature, simplicity, and the pastoral life. His connection to the landscape of the Peak District became a source of inspiration, allowing him to explore the interplay between personal hardship and the beauty of the natural world.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1658

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