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 26 November in poetry and history

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

610 poets with calendar dates · 6,535 events with calendar dates in the catalogue

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1 birthday · 3 death anniversaries · 3 world events on 26 November

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Death anniversaries

World events on this day

  • 26 November 1812

    The Agonizing Forced Retreat of the Grand Army across the Berezina

    During Napoleon's catastrophic winter retreat from Russia, the remnants of his Grande Armée found themselves trapped against the banks of the half-frozen Berezina River in modern-day Belarus, pursued closely by three Russian armies. In a supreme feat of engineering and physical endurance, Dutch and French pontoon builders worked waist-deep in the freezing, ice-choked water for hours to construct makeshift bridges, almost all of them dying of hypothermia within days. Over three chaotic days, thousands of freezing, starving soldiers and desperate camp followers stampeded across the bridges under continuous Russian artillery bombardment, a disaster that culminated when the bridges were burned, leaving thousands behind to be slaughtered or capture.

    Event 1812

  • 26 November 1883

    Sojourner Truth's Death and Legacy

    Sojourner Truth passed away on November 26, 1883, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her death marked the end of a remarkable life dedicated to the fight for justice, equality, and human rights. Truth's legacy continued to inspire future generations of activists and writers, solidifying her place in American history.

    Event 1883

  • 26 November 2002

    Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Passed After 9/11

    The US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 created a federal backstop for terrorism insurance losses, acknowledging that private markets alone could not price and absorb the catastrophic potential of terrorist attacks.

    Event 2002
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