Feb 2023 – Scriptorium '77

What Else Should I Carry?

running against brick walls no more
walking just on
around corners
having my bags with me

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

The Donkeys of Rome

The fearsome Sulla, at Collina gate
Demands the power to rule the state
The senators, with trembling knees
Agree to his dictatorial pleas

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Sitting in Front of My Laptop. Typing

It’s always the light
That shines bright
And the road is long
With your mind strong

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Die vierte Wand

Die Tür geht auf und du gehst hinein
Da ist ein Raum, groß wie eine Halle
Es gibt ein großes Fenster an der jenseitigen Wand
Beinahe so groß wie die Wand selbst

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Draußen. Drinnen. Dazwischen

draußen
nässe flockt
stadtbild in trübsal

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Paper Jubilee

What else can you say
than congratulations to the paper jubilee
to the thousands of deaths
and many more just out of breaths

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Zu wahr um schön zu sein*

Wir haben uns viel zu lange Masken aufsetzen lassen
Haben nicht gelebt
Sondern für euch existiert

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

zήτω οἱ κρόκοι

Wie heißt eigentlich der Plural von Krokus? Der Duden hat es ja im Prinzip geklärt: Krokusse oder gerne auch Krokus. Doch weshalb nicht die Vielfalt zulassen und sich daran freuen? Ein Dramolett auf Croci, Kroküsse und Krokoi.

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

The Universe, the Great Unknown

Oh cosmos, how inscrutable and grand
Your beauty vast, beyond we understand
In paradox and ambiguity we stand
As mortals on this little blue dot, command

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Blow Me Away

The later the night
The louder the wind howls
I’m feeling like being in a wolf pack

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

WRITING Creative writing is my personal way to deal with the world we live in. I try to figure what’s going on and how to make sense of it. Creative writing is also giving something from me to you to enjoy, to think about or just share some time together online.

POEMS On this page I started with poems because it’s an easy way for me to write something off my chest. Poems are about one tiny aspect in life, about a special feeling or a combination of both. Poems have the power to connect people in a special way. You can think about a poem for far longer than it lasted reading it. You can sing poems; you can think about poems; you can recite them out loud. Tell me what you think about my poetry. Or suggest a collaboration.

ART I already told you that I started with poems in here. But that’s just the beginning. I also write sonnets, short shories, novels, odes, haikus and more. I design my own books, do letterpress from time to time and like to make more collages. Some of it I put on here. Some of it I’m still working on. Most of it is still in my mind.

COLLABORATION I’d like to work together with other creative people. Do you like one of my poems and would like to make a song from it? Contact me! Do you have an idea but not the right words? Contact me! Do you like one subject I have written about and want to learn more? Contact me! Are you a writer but stuck in procrastination? Contact me!

FUN Sometimes I write about dark subjects. Sometimes I write about light subjects. Most of times I write because of the fun of writing. Because it’s healthy to do. Writing clears the mind. And, yeah, writing is fun. Do you like to learn more? Contact me!