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



1975

Establishment of the Consumer Electronics Revolution (Personal Computer)

What happened

The launch of the Altair 8800 in 1975 marked the establishment of the personal computer market, revolutionizing technology and consumer electronics. This innovation laid the foundation for the digital consumer goods industry, making computing accessible to the general public. The Altair 8800's introduction sparked a technological revolution that transformed how people interacted with technology.

Literary impact

The establishment of the consumer electronics revolution in 1975 marked a significant shift in technology and communication. This era influenced poetry in the 1980s and 90s, as themes of cyberculture and virtual reality emerged, reflecting the changing nature of human connection in a digital age.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1975

8 poets

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