borders – Scriptorium '77

Haiku 2026: Zeichen / Signs

This is a collection of seven haiku, written every day of week 4 of 2026. Eine Sammlung von sieben Haiku, geschrieben an jedem Tag der vierten Woche des Jahres 2026.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

Sbohem, Děčín

the weekend went
and won’t come back
I’ve crossed borders
but no-one knew

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

futile is the agony during a hurricane

everyone was told before
yesterday
all that’s gone
is better than
today

© dominik alexander / 2023

Planet Earth Is Not Our Playground

There is this place I call home
I won’t discuss this too much
This place I call Earth

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Sonnet #35: Diversity

One life starts slow and moving on towards
Existence in between the past and future
It follows those that teaches it as guards
What’s right, what’s wrong and in between the suture

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Don’t Hesitate to Swim

Don’t Hesitate to Swim / Through that swamp of pain
When your lights just glimmer / And there’s nothing to gain.

© Dominik Alexander / 2017

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!