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


415

Event dated 15 March 415

Religion Culture

Martyrdom of Hypatia of Alexandria

What happened

Hypatia of Alexandria, a Neoplatonist philosopher, was murdered by a Christian mob in 415 AD amid rising religious tensions in Alexandria. Her death marked a tragic turning point in the history of philosophy and science, symbolizing the conflict between pagan and Christian ideologies. Hypatia's legacy as a scholar and advocate for rational thought continues to inspire discussions on the role of women in science and philosophy.

Literary impact

The martyrdom of Hypatia of Alexandria in 415 AD became a symbol in Enlightenment and feminist poetry, representing the struggle between rationalism and fanaticism. Poets like Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf drew on her legacy to advocate for intellectual freedom and women's rights.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 415

0 poets

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

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