democracy – Scriptorium '77

New Axis of Evil

No day is like the day before
The toddler in the White House swore
To make a deal and start a war

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

Sonnet #80: Gaza

The silver lining always makes me wonder
If there is reason for another dream
While politicians use this phrase to ponder
What can I buy to grow my self-esteem

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

you really just want the show

life is simply a tv show
existence is entertainment
where power swallows the poor
where idiots run the country

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

Whatever We Take

there are nightshifts around the world
we would like to fight until the sunlight
appearing again for a new day

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

Generation Crash, the poem

I was happy as a child
the most unhappy as a teenager
most people would agree
and tell me

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Election Day After

The claim was done
Of course he had to
Way before the result is called
While the race is still on
Both of them can come through
To get installed;

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

Election Day

Waiting in line
Patiently
Another step closer
Every step at its time

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

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.

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