Lately I can’t make my poems in any other way than by twisting the letters and shuffling the words around until they stick. But then again – is there any other way?
Spectre of man, spectator of mankind, spectacle of yourself, receptacle of others. Spectacular.
Today, January 16th, is the birthday of my two happy friends, M + M. We are the same year of birth and my birthday will follow in exactly four months.
In photos my city of origin last summer on the day of my first vaccine. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, is where I went to primary school and dreamed of foreign lands with one, and studied English and journalism with the other.
More birthday memories are in today’s blogging history at the end of this post. Have a good day, M + M and everybody else!
Ljubljana train station. 
The pink Franciscan church. 
New developments have changed the view as I knew it. 
“Internet. Let development be of service to mankind.” For sure. 
Bank of Slovenia supporting the European Union. Hihi. 
Monument to the Victims of All Wars. “One life and one death” by poet Oton Župančič. 
“Hey man, do you think it’s cool?” (Free translation.) Pink church to the left, Union Hotel in the back. 
“Plečnik built it, Plečnik tore it down.” A student protest. Jože Plečnik was the premiere Slovenian architect. The triangle behind is NOT by him. 
Neither is this. A new high-rise on the right. 
One M has a dog surprisingly like one of these.
In response to Patrick Jennings’ Pic and a Word Challenge #297: Spectacle
This day in my blogging history
An Embarrassment of Riches 
Hmmm that pink Franciscan church I did not visit last time. Love what you did with the poem!
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Truly appreciated, thank you, Sunny! The pink church is in the very centre next to the Triple Bridges and the statue of the poet France Prešeren and his muse. You must have passed them.
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I think so. Been too long. Definitely worth a re-visit!
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These all catch my attention..Slovenia Humm great image.
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Thank you, Anita. 🙂 Ljubljana is to be visited, for sure!
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I like your words! Twisted and stuck seems to work well.
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Thank you, Anne! 🙂 I’m having plenty of word fun. I’m glad it shows.
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I love that poem. Twisting obviously works for you
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Thank you, Not Pam. 🙂 I’m glad you think so. Plenty of word fun was had again.
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Love the doggies in the window. (K)
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Thank you, K. 🙂 I loved seeing them too.
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Interesting views of a city I’ve never visited. I like the train station one in particular – the way you have lined up the signs is very effective, with the bright colours of the train in the background 🙂
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Thank you, Sarah. I do hope you visit it one day, possibly when I’m there as well!
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That would be fun!
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What a funny photo – the one with you and what looks like a pile of dogs. It might be fun to be in a pile of puppies.
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Thanks, Crystal. My friend M. who celebrated that day and has a similar dog told me that she often cycled past this window thinking what her dog would have thought if she brought home one of these pillows. 😀
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Ha!!
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Such a beautiful city, and your photos do it justice! I also very much love the 2018 photo with its colors and angles. Happy Birthday, M&M.
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Thank you kindly, Carol Ann. It it my hometown, about 777 km from Tuscany where I live now, and I miss it. The photo that you like is from a lagoon nearby. The light here is amazing.
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Interesting pics!
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Thank you, SMSW. I miss it.
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I LOVE your twisted poems. Please feel free to share more like that. I say, those Atlases holding up the bank were wearing adequate protection where it mattered, weren’t they? Old banks always have such fascinating sculptures as part of their frontage.
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Thank you! Means a lot, even if you’re the only one. 😀 K. mentioned NaPoWriMo… Oh my. I forgot about that. It will take even more work.
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