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



1810

Event dated 1810–1821

Mexican War of Independence Begins

What happened

The Mexican War of Independence began in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo issued his Grito de Dolores, calling for an end to Spanish colonial rule. This pivotal moment ignited a decade-long struggle that would ultimately lead to Mexico's independence in 1821. The war was fueled by social, economic, and political grievances, and it laid the foundation for the emergence of Mexican national identity and the reshaping of its society in the years to come.

Literary impact

The Mexican War of Independence, beginning in 1810, inspired a wave of poetry that celebrated national identity and revolutionary fervor. Poets such as José María Morelos and later figures like Amado Nervo infused their works with themes of liberty and social justice, shaping the literary landscape of Latin America.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1810

95 poets

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