Year: 2023
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The Mathematics of Sunflowers
In the vast, inexplicable universe, filled with black holes, abandoned space debris, and an astonishing lack of intelligence, there exists the humble sunflower. A plant with seeds arranged according to the Fibonacci sequence, which to many is not only a mathematical conundrum, but also the subject of the song Astronomy by the hip hop duo…
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Presidential Portraits
Top-row, left to right: Millard Fillmore (5), Warren G. Harding (2), Zachary Taylor (9), William Henry Harrison (6), John Tyler (7) Bottom-row, left to right: Andrew Johnson (3), Franklin Pierce (4), Donald Trump, James Buchanan (1), Ulysses S. Grant (8) The numbers in parentheses to the right of each name reflects each president’s ranking according…
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Sermon of the Sun
In a field that’s more a chapel, where sunlight serves as hymns,A congregation of sunflowers stands, each stalk and petal prim.They face the glowing preacher, the sun in full display,Listening with rapt attention to the sermon of the day. “O sunflowers, my followers, with faces oh so bright,Rejoice in rays and warmth,” says the sun…
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Soldiers in a Line
In a landscape resplendent with the nature’s illumination, far distant from the ceaseless noise of urban existence, the earth’s ancient wisdom offers a gentle murmur to the listening ear. Here, a regiment of sunflowers stands, each one a golden sentinel in a quiet war of existence, their visages turning, fixed and unwavering, to greet the…
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Praying Sunflowers
Fields ablaze with gold,Tall green stocks in proud display,Summer’s art revealed. Beneath clouds and blue,Golden face towards the altar,Heads in prayer they bow. Golden petals bloom,Silent homage to the sun,Earth and sky unite.