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 8 April 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 · 2 death anniversaries · 3 world events on 8 April

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World events on this day

  • 8 April 1341

    Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) Crowned Poet Laureate

    In 1341, Francesco Petrarca, known as Petrarch, was crowned poet laureate in Rome, symbolizing the revival of classical learning during the Renaissance. This honor recognized his contributions to literature and his role in promoting humanist ideals, which emphasized the value of individual experience and classical texts. Petrarch's influence on poetry and scholarship helped shape the cultural landscape of Europe, inspiring future generations of writers and thinkers.

    Event 1341

  • 8 April 2008

    Discovery of Australopithecus sediba in South Africa

    The discovery of Australopithecus sediba was announced after the remains of two individuals were found at the Malapa site in South Africa. Dating to about 1.98 million years ago, this species featured a surprising combination of primitive australopithecine traits and more derived Homo-like features. It has been proposed as a candidate for the ancestor of the genus Homo, though its exact relationship to our genus remains a subject of intense scientific debate.

    Event 2008

  • 8 April 1886

    Death of Frances Rossetti

    On April 8, 1886, Christina Rossetti's mother, Frances Polidori Rossetti, died in London. Christina had lived with and cared for her mother for many years in their shared home at Torrington Square, Bloomsbury.

    Event 1886
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