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A Letter to the Children of Ukraine

Every one of you is a sunflower of hope

A composite image made up of a row of large hand-drawn yellow sunflowers on long stems positioned in front of a half blue, half yellow map of Ukraine, all on a light blue background. Across the bottom of the image is a row of advancing soldiers in black silhouette. — Image assembled by writer in Canva using original sunflower artwork by the writer’s grandson

To the dear children of Ukraine,
each and every one of you
a sunflower of hope-filled yellow
against an expanse of war-torn blues
You sprout from the seed of your ancestors
nourished by their blood in the soil
You grow and prosper against the odds
forever turning your faces to the…

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