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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.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this 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



720

Li Bai's Marriage to a Noblewoman

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What happened

Li Bai married a noblewoman around the age of 19, which provided him with a brief period of stability and social standing. The marriage, however, was not long-lasting, and the couple eventually separated. This experience of love and loss would later permeate his poetry, adding emotional depth to his exploration of relationships and the human condition.

Literary impact

The themes of love and separation in Li Bai's poetry can be traced back to his early marriage. The emotional turmoil and complexity of relationships he experienced influenced his later works, where he often depicted love as both transcendent and ephemeral. This personal experience enriched his poetic voice, allowing him to resonate with readers on a deeper emotional level.

Source: Wikipedia

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