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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



1750

Event dated January 1750

Chinese Wallpaper Imports Boom in English Country Houses

What happened

By 1750, the importation of hand-painted Chinese wallpapers became a fashionable trend in English country houses. These exquisite wallpapers adorned the walls of elite homes, reflecting the wealth and taste of their owners. The boom in Chinese wallpaper imports highlighted the cultural exchange between Europe and Asia and the growing demand for luxury goods during the 18th century.

Literary impact

The boom of Chinese wallpaper imports in English country houses around 1750 inspired poetic evocations of exotic landscapes and cultural exchange. This trend influenced landscape poetry, reflecting the fascination with nature and the aesthetics of domestic spaces in the 18th century.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1750

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