Honoring Human Excellence

The Luminary Laurels

A Poetic Ode to the Nobel Prize

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The Nobel Prize is given to a pure and wise spark of brilliance in the quiet rooms of ancient thought, where people often look for dreams and deeds.

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An enlightenment for hearts that want to find and understand in the sciences and write about the soul in writing.

And peace to fix what’s broken.

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From chemistry, where bonds mix, to physics, where facts go further,

In medicine, where people get better, their secrets slowly come out.

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In leaves that were turned by skilled hands,

In stories from faraway places,

In words that cross the big gaps, where understanding can stay.

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There are people who fight for peace in the hopes that fighting will end soon. Their work for a fair world is based on faith and trust.

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The world watches from Stockholm’s stage, a tribute to the minds that serve, a heritage of light and legend that grows over time and over again.

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I love the Nobel Prize; it makes us feel like the best people in the world.

A record of what we are brave enough to dream, find, write, and share.

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You hold up a torch in every field.

Lighting up dark paths,

A leading light that stays bright,

In search of the truth, in the middle of the night.