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.

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 7 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 world events on 7 December

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World events on this day

  • 7 December 1941

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    On December 7, 1941, Japan executed a surprise aerial attack on the US Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This devastating assault resulted in over 2,400 American casualties and led to the United States' formal entry into World War II. The attack not only marked a turning point in the war but also reshaped global geopolitics, as the U.S. emerged as a dominant military power in the post-war world.

    Event 1941

  • 7 December 1944

    Chicago Convention lays foundations for international civil aviation

    The Convention on International Civil Aviation was signed in Chicago in 1944. It created principles for international air transport and led to the International Civil Aviation Organization. The agreement prepared the post-war world for regular global passenger aviation.

    Event 1944

  • 7 December 1988

    The Great Earthquake of 1988 in Spitak

    On December 7, 1988, a devastating earthquake, estimated at magnitude 6.8, struck the town of Spitak in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The quake caused immense destruction across northern Armenia, killing an estimated 25,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The disaster was a major tragedy for the Soviet Union and strained the relationship between the central government and the Armenian people. The event led to a significant international relief effort and highlighted the need for better building codes in the region.

    Event 1988

  • 7 December 1767

    John Street Theatre Opens in New York

    On 7 December 1767 the John Street Theatre opened in Manhattan with a performance of The Beaux' Stratagem. It was New York's first permanent theatre. The opening showed that urban colonial audiences were becoming large enough to support regular professional performance.

    Event 1767
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