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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


1859

Event dated 15 April 1859

Culture Other

Publication of Edward FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Poets involved

What happened

Edward FitzGerald's publication of 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám' in 1859 introduced English-speaking audiences to Persian poetry through his translation and adaptation of quatrains. This work celebrated themes of existentialism, love, and the fleeting nature of life, resonating with Victorian readers. FitzGerald's translation not only popularized Persian literature in the West but also influenced the literary landscape, inspiring future poets and writers.

Literary impact

Edward FitzGerald's publication of the 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám' popularized Persian poetic forms in the West, influencing Victorian poets like Alfred Lord Tennyson. This introduction of the rubaiyat stanza enriched English poetry, fostering a cross-cultural exchange that celebrated philosophical musings on life and fate.

Source: Wikipedia

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