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



1826

Early Education of Maria White Lowell

Poet involved

What happened

At the age of five, Maria White Lowell began her early education under a governess at her home in Watertown, Massachusetts. This formative experience laid the groundwork for her literary development and intellectual curiosity, fostering a love for learning that would permeate her later works.

Literary impact

The nurturing environment of her early education helped shape Maria's literary voice, instilling in her a passion for language and ideas that would resonate throughout her poetry. Her upbringing in a family that valued education also influenced her themes of social justice and moral responsibility.

Source: Wikipedia

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