Forty five times forty five
Equals twenty twenty five; (20+25) X (20+25) = 2025
This year, so rare, a perfect square
Unique in years I’ve been alive.
The last was nineteen thirty six
Now wait until two one one six
Rejoice! It’s good to be alive
Square up to twenty twenty five.
Our Queen Elizabeth the Second
Reigned seventy years, or so it’s reckoned , Elizabeth 1952 – 2022
In all those years upon the throne
Not one was square, not one alone,
Yet Charles her long-awaited heir
Reigned just three years and got a square, Charles 2022 – 2025
Tiberius Caesar, greedily,
Was not content with one, but three. Tiberius 14 - 37
Pythagoras would doubtless muse
The square on the hypotenuse, 272 + 362 = 452 = 2025
But sum three squares (does that seem naughty?)
Try five and twenty, lastly forty. 52 + 202 + 402 = 2025
Square of five, fourth power of three,
We’ve met the product recently; 52 X 34 = 2025*
Or integers to nine from one
Add them up and square the sum. (9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1)2 = 452 = 2025
I’m still not done, please pay attention,
We’ll rise into the third dimension:
Cube one, cube two, then three then four,
Carry on and cube five more,
Add all these cubes from one to nine
The sum, a number for our time.13 + 23 + 33 + 43 + 53 + 63 +73 + 83 + 93 = 2025
With special properties to cheer
Embrace! Enjoy! Happy New Year!
