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


169

Event dated October 169

Geopolitics

The Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella

What happened

The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 marked the dynastic union of two powerful Spanish crowns. This union laid the groundwork for the political unification of Spain and the establishment of a centralized monarchy. Their reign initiated significant changes in Spanish society, including the completion of the Reconquista and the sponsorship of Christopher Columbus's voyages, which expanded Spain's influence globally.

Literary impact

The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 169 marked a significant geopolitical shift that nurtured Spain's Siglo de Oro, or Golden Age. This period saw a flourishing of poetry and literature, with figures like Garcilaso de la Vega drawing on the cultural richness of the imperial court to inspire their works.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 169

0 poets

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

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