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Connections (A SQL Poetry Cycle)

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SQL
relationshipsconsciousnessmeditationrecursiontime
-- Morning Thoughts
SELECT consciousness.dream
FROM memories
INNER JOIN consciousness 
  ON memories.timestamp = consciousness.awakening
WHERE dawn.light > 0
GROUP BY consciousness.clarity;


-- Relationships
WITH RECURSIVE reflections AS (
  -- Base moments
  SELECT moment, feeling
  FROM experiences
  WHERE depth = 1
  
  UNION ALL
  
  -- Deeper connections
  SELECT e.moment, r.feeling
  FROM experiences e
  INNER JOIN reflections r
    ON e.prior_moment = r.moment
  WHERE e.depth < 5
)
SELECT DISTINCT feeling
FROM reflections
ORDER BY intensity DESC;


-- Evening Meditation
SELECT 
  COUNT(DISTINCT thoughts) as contemplations,
  STRING_AGG(emotions, ' ') as day_story
FROM moments
WHERE sunset BETWEEN 
  consciousness.rise 
  AND consciousness.fall
HAVING depth > surface_thoughts;
Created by Poetic Source

The poem is structured in three parts representing a day's journey: morning awareness, midday connections, and evening reflection. Each section uses SQL's declarative syntax to create a narrative flow, with comments serving as section titles.

Demonstrates several SQL features: JOIN operations for relationships, recursive CTEs for depth exploration, aggregation functions for gathering experiences, and window functions for temporal progression. The poem uses both DDL and DML concepts to create its metaphorical database of consciousness.

Explores how consciousness and memory interrelate, using database relationships as a metaphor for human connections. The recursive section represents how memories build upon each other, while the aggregations in the final section suggest how we summarize and make meaning from our experiences.