Sixth Birthday Poem

                    for grandniece Lilly



Hungary J4 Postage Due
6 Filler (issued 1903)
Pythagoras found 6
to be a perfect number;
It is one of Nature's
most marvelous wonder.

"Nature's Wonders"
by Amy Vankanan


Daffodil
with 6 petals

Lily
with 6 petals



Daffodils and lilies
have six petals;
6-pointed star
in a French medal.

French 6-pointed star medal
for D-Day 6-6-1944


Stan Musial #6
St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963)
1948 Leaf Card #4
Stan Musial & Bill Russell
wore uniform number six;
One played for Cardinals,
the other for Boston Celtics.

Bill Russell #6
Boston Celtics (1956-1969)
2007 Topps Card BR59


6-Sided Cube

A cube is a hexahedron
Platonic solid with 6 sides;
A pocket ruler is handy
that's 6 inches wide.

6-Inches Ruler


6-Sided Honeycomb

Hexagonal packing
in a honeycomb;
6 o'clock is time
for dinner at home.

6 O'Clock Wall Clock


Color Wheel

There are 6 colors
in the color wheel;
The Star of David
is a Jewish Seal.

Star of David


6-Winged Seraph

Seraphs are higher
angels with 6 wings;
A classical guitar
played with 6 strings.

6-Strings Guitar


Carbon Atom

6 electrons swirling
in Carbon atoms;
A darling palindrome—
"Madame I'm Adam".

"Madame I'm Adam"


6-Cornered Snowflake

6 corners in
every snowflake—
6 candles for your
6th Birthday Cake.

6 Candles Birthday Cake

Peter Y. Chou
Mountain View, 3-5-2019