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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

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.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


Compare Poet Landscapes

Overlay two poets' averaged emotional profiles (10+ profiled musicalized poems each). See where their catalogue moods converge and diverge — a reading guide, not a verdict on the authors.

Click a dominant tone or range row below to explore and listen to top poems from both poets.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

27 profiled poem(s)

Across 27 profiled poems currently on V2Melody, this poet's musicalized work tends toward wonder, longing, and sorrow. This is an interpretive catalogue view drawn from averaged poem mood profiles — not a portrait of the author.

Emotional range: very wide range in wonder (20–90); very wide range in longing (15–90).

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Dominant tones (average)
Emotional range — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Austin

17 profiled poem(s)

Across 17 profiled poems currently on V2Melody, this poet's musicalized work tends toward longing, sorrow, and tenderness. This is an interpretive catalogue view drawn from averaged poem mood profiles — not a portrait of the author.

Emotional range: high variety in longing (40–85); very wide range in sorrow (20–85).

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Dominant tones (average)
Emotional range — Alfred Austin

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