Six Words Short Story

Ernest Hemingway's
1923 Short Story



Eavan Boland
Stanford Professor
(June 4, 2008)


Paul Brunton
Vevey, Switzerland


Albert Einstein
Wisdom Mudra pose


Wisdom Portal
web site (since 1998)


Rumi's Quatrains
(1207-1273)


Human Hemoglobin
3-D protein structure


Whirling Dervishes's
Sufi Spins


Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)


Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony (1808)

Eavan Boland
challenged our class
to imitate Hemingway—

For Sale—
Baby Shoes.
Never worn.

Travelled far—
Met sage,
received blessings.

Happy child's
smile— warms
our hearts.

Wisdom mudra—
peaceful pose
Einstein loved.

Platonic Lambda—
Soul of
the universe.

Wisdom Portal—
Imagination, Insight,
Inspiration, Illumination.

Nature's beauty
surrounds us—
sunrise, sunset.

Rumi's quatrains
enlighten us
every day.

Sistine Ceiling—
From many
to One.

Proteins are
the language
of life.

Poetry: Pegasus—
language of
human heart.

Whirling Dervishes'
Sufi Spins
energize me.

Love dancing
with joy
in abundance.

Beethoven's Fifth
Four notes—
Wake up!

And see
Heaven is
on Earth!


— Peter Y. Chou
     Mountain View, 6-8-2023
Ernest Hemingway (1923)


Denmark B34 Happy Child
(issued 10-21-1965)


Platonic Lambda Λ
Top of Redwoods


Sunrise (Nature's beauty)


Michelangelo's
Sistine Ceiling (1512)
"From the many to the One"


Hungary B129: Poetics
(issued 12-11-1940)
(Pegasus is symbol for poetry)


Merrill Ashley, Ballerina


Heaven on Earth
(Squirrel blissed out
kissing sunflower)