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


1987

Event dated 22 May 1987

Culture Other

Rugby World Cup Inaugurated

What happened

The inaugural Rugby World Cup was held in 1987 across New Zealand and Australia, with the All Blacks winning the final against France. Organized by the International Rugby Board, it professionalized the sport and boosted its global popularity. The event symbolized cultural unity and national pride, inspiring sports-themed poetry and narratives celebrating teamwork, resilience, and international competition in Commonwealth nations.

Literary impact

The inauguration of the Rugby World Cup in 1987 boosted rugby poetry in Southern Hemisphere nations, exploring themes of camaraderie, competition, and national identity. Poets began to celebrate the spirit of the game, intertwining sports narratives with cultural pride and community.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1987

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