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.

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


1848

Event dated 1848–1855

Economy Exploration

California Gold Rush Begins

Poet involved

What happened

The California Gold Rush began in 1848 after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, leading to a massive influx of prospectors and settlers seeking fortune. This event triggered one of the largest migrations in American history, with hundreds of thousands of people traveling to California, dramatically transforming its demographics and economy. The Gold Rush not only spurred rapid economic growth but also contributed to the westward expansion of the United States, shaping its national identity and leading to significant social and cultural changes in the region.

Literary impact

The California Gold Rush, beginning in 1848, sparked a wave of poetry celebrating adventure and opportunity. Poets like Joaquin Miller captured the spirit of exploration and the quest for fortune, embedding these themes into the fabric of American literature. This era also saw the emergence of poems that reflected the harsh realities of life in mining camps, blending romanticism with realism.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1848

163 poets

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