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


700 BC

Culture Technology

Greek Development of Liquid Perfumes

What happened

Around 700 BC, ancient Greeks developed the first liquid perfumes by blending aromatic oils, marking a significant advancement in the art of fragrance. This innovation represented a shift from the use of solid incense to more wearable scents, enhancing personal grooming and social rituals. The creation of liquid perfumes laid the groundwork for the modern perfume industry, influencing cultural practices surrounding beauty and hygiene.

Literary impact

The Greek development of liquid perfumes around 700 BC enriched the sensory imagery in lyric poetry and epics. Poets like Sappho incorporated olfactory elements into their works, linking perfumes to themes of love, beauty, and the divine, thus enhancing the emotional depth of their poetry.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 700 BC

0 poets

No musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive in this year according to our catalog.

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