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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

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.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


1974

Technology Invention

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

What happened

In 1974, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn designed the TCP/IP protocol suite, foundational to internetworking different networks. Adopted by ARPANET, it enabled reliable data transmission across heterogeneous systems. This architecture underpins today's internet, revolutionizing information sharing and digital creativity including online poetry.

Literary impact

The development of the TCP/IP protocol suite in 1974 enabled global digital connectivity, which became central to contemporary poetry. Poets like Kenneth Goldsmith and others utilized the internet as a platform for their work, creating digital poetry that engaged with themes of connectivity and fragmentation.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1974

9 poets

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