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


On 18 December in poetry and history

Poets born or who died on this date, plus historical events that happened on this day across history.

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2 birthdays · 4 death anniversaries · 2 world events on 18 December

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World events on this day

  • 18 December 2022

    Lionel Messi's World Cup Victory

    In 2022, Argentina, led by captain Lionel Messi, won the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, defeating France in a dramatic final. Messi's stellar performance fulfilled a long-sought national dream. The victory boosted global soccer enthusiasm and highlighted themes of perseverance and national pride in sports culture.

    Event 2022

  • 18 December 2019

    CHEOPS Exoplanet Characterisation

    Launched in 2019, the ESA CHEOPS satellite was designed to characterize exoplanets by measuring their sizes and densities with unprecedented precision. This mission represents a significant advancement in our understanding of planets beyond our solar system, contributing to the search for potentially habitable worlds. By providing valuable data on exoplanetary systems, CHEOPS enhances our knowledge of planetary formation and the diversity of worlds in the universe.

    Event 2019
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