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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

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.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


1943

Event dated 16 April 1943

Science Culture

Discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann

What happened

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann accidentally experienced LSD's effects, leading to systematic study of its consciousness-altering properties. Synthesized from ergot, it facilitated therapeutic and mystical insights. It mattered by catalyzing 20th-century psychedelic research and cultural shifts.

Literary impact

LSD experiences inspired Huxley, Ginsberg, and Leary-influenced poets, fueling counterculture verse on expanded awareness. It connected ancient rituals to modern literary explorations of perception.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1943

121 poets

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