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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


2009

Event dated 20 May 2009

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Biodiversity Impacts from Three Gorges Dam

What happened

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam in 2009 had profound biodiversity impacts on the Yangtze River ecosystem. The massive dam flooded habitats, altered water flow, and affected the migration patterns of various species. This project raised significant concerns about the ecological consequences of large-scale infrastructure development and the importance of considering environmental impacts in future projects.

Literary impact

The biodiversity impacts from the Three Gorges Dam in 2009 prompted a wave of Chinese poetry that reflects on altered rivers and the loss of natural heritage. Poets like Bei Dao explored themes of displacement and transformation, addressing the tensions between modernization and environmental preservation.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 2009

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