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


1918

Event dated 1918–1920

Geopolitics Culture

Marcus Garvey Founds UNIA Expansion

Poets involved

What happened

In 1918, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which rapidly expanded its reach and influence in promoting Black nationalism and the Back-to-Africa movement. The UNIA aimed to empower people of African descent globally and foster pride in their heritage. Garvey's efforts laid the groundwork for future civil rights movements and inspired generations of activists advocating for racial equality and self-determination.

Literary impact

Marcus Garvey's founding of the UNIA in 1918 galvanized a movement that celebrated Black identity and pride. This cultural shift inspired poets like Claude McKay and Langston Hughes, who infused their works with themes of nationalism and resilience against oppression.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1918

218 poets

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