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.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this 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



1450

Event dated 1400–1500

Ottoman Empire adopts paper and script reforms

What happened

In the mid-15th century, the Ottoman Empire began adopting paper and script reforms, which facilitated the widespread use of paper for administrative and literary purposes. This shift from parchment to paper not only made writing more accessible but also encouraged the proliferation of literature and bureaucratic documentation. The reforms played a crucial role in the cultural and intellectual life of the empire, fostering a rich tradition of scholarship and artistic expression.

Literary impact

The Ottoman Empire's adoption of paper and script reforms in 1450 supported Persian and Turkish poetic traditions, allowing for the proliferation of manuscripts. Poets like Fuzuli and Baki thrived in this environment, producing works that celebrated the beauty of language and the written word.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1450

2 poets

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