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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


1665

Economy Culture

Establishment of the French Royal Glass Manufactory

What happened

Established in 1665 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the French Royal Glass Manufactory aimed to break the Venetian monopoly on luxury glass and mirror production. This initiative marked a significant step in the development of the French glass industry, promoting innovation and quality. The establishment of this manufactory not only enhanced France's economic standing but also contributed to the cultural prestige associated with French craftsmanship in the decorative arts.

Literary impact

The establishment of the French Royal Glass Manufactory in 1665 led to the mass production of mirrors, which fueled baroque and neoclassical poetry's obsession with self-reflection and vanity. Poets and playwrights explored themes of identity and visual symmetry in their works.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1665

37 poets

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