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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

Home › Glossary › Letter A

Añoranza

Spanish
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A tender longing for a person, place, or past that has been lost or left behind.

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Detailed Definition
Añoranza gives poetic shape to homesickness and remembered desire, especially when the object of longing cannot be recovered unchanged. The word carries warmth as well as pain: a familiar street, a parent's voice, or a distant coast may remain vivid precisely because time has placed it beyond reach. In a poem, añoranza can turn recollection into a living presence that quietly colors every present scene.
Example
Example in poetry:
Añoranza means a deep longing or nostalgic yearning, often for a person, place, or lost time; “Añoranza fills the room after the train departs” uses the word as the poem’s emotional center; A poet can distinguish añoranza from ordinary sadness by linking it to memory and absence; In a migration poem, añoranza may express homesickness for a distant language, landscape, or family
Additional Notes
Añoranza describes tender, persistent longing for someone, somewhere, or an earlier time. It is close to nostalgia, but often feels more intimate and emotionally aching, especially when separation or exile is involved. Common poetic companions include memory, homeland, absence, and homesickness. The word can suggest affection as well as sorrow, not merely regret.
Also Known As
Nostalgia Anhelo Saudade Morriña
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