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14th Birthday Poem
for grandniece Sophia |
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Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) |
Hiroshige's 14th Woodcut on "100 Views of Edo" shows Nippori's Temple Gardens and meadows. |
Edo Woodcut #14 Temple Gardens |
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14 lines in a Shakepeare's sonnet, 14 roses in a Easter bonnet. |
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February 14 is Valentine's Day, Don't let Cupid take your heart away. |
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14 Juillet, 1789 Independence Day |
14th Juillet celebrates France's Bastille Day Delacroix's painting "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité". |
Eugene Delacroix (1830): "Liberté: Leading the People" |
Cuboctahedron: solid with 14 sides, 8 triangles and 6 squares |
A Cuboctahedron has 14 sides, Otto Graham wore 14 with great pride. |
Otto Graham Cleveland Browns (1946-1955) |
Hungary B161: Knight (issued 3-15-1943) |
Hungary's 14 filler stamp shows a knight, Beethoven's Sonata 14 is the "Moonlight". |
Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight" by Beethoven (1801) |
Heliomeris Multiflora |
14 yellow petals in Goldeneye flower, a 14-petalled Lotus rised to sunshine hour. |
14 petals Lotus |
Canada 772 Dogteam & Dogsled (issued 9-27-1978) |
14¢ Canadian stamp Dogsled race in wintry air, 14¢ U.S. stamp shows Chief Hollow Horn Bear. |
U.S. 565 Chief Hollow Horn Bear (issued 5-1-1923) |
Emily Dickinson Poem #14 (1858) |
Emily Dickinson's Poem 14 is about her sister Sue, Numeral 14 in Hungary's stamp postage due. |
Hungary J202 (issued 12-3-1951) |
4 HRs in Game (8-31-1950) |
Wins World Series managing 1969 Mets |
Gil Hodges wore #14 with Dodgers & Mets, F-14 is the Tomcat U.S. Navy Fighter Jet. |
Grumman F-14 Tomcat U.S. Navy Fighter Jet |
Ernie Banks |
Baseball uniform #14 worn by Ernie Banks, T-14 is a Russian Armata Battle Tank. |
T-14 Russian Tank |
Perfect Game (6-21-1964) |
Perfect game pitched by #14 worn by Jim Bunning, Shirley McLaine starred in film Some Came Running. |
Some Came Running (1958) McLaine, Sinatra, Martin |
Sir Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations (1899) |
14 Enigma Variations by Sir Edward Elgar, Little Dancer at Age 14 sculpture by Edgar Degas. |
Edgar Degas (1880): Little Dancer at Age 14 |
14 Stations of the Cross 6th Station: Veronica wipes face of Jesus |
14 Stations of the Cross, 6th is a mystical tale Face of Jesus appeared on Veronica's Veil. |
Hans Memling: "Veronica's Veil" (1470) National Gallery of Art |
Cirrus Clouds Highest Clouds: 15,000 miles altitude |
Isaiah 14:14- "I will ascend above the heights of clouds; I will be like the most High" |
Vatican 388: Isaiah (issued 6-16-1964) |
Canada 3103 Milky Way Galaxy (issued 6-29-2018) |
400 billion stars in the Milky Way wishing you a "Happy 14th Birthday!" |
Animated Gifs from funimada.com |
Peter Y. Chou
Mountain View, 6-3-2021