failure – Scriptorium '77

Haiku 2026: Connection / Verbindung

This is a collection of seven haiku, written every day of week 7 of 2026. Eine Sammlung von sieben Haiku, geschrieben an jedem Tag der siebenten Woche des Jahres 2026.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

prologue to life

this is just the beginning
i keep telling me this
promising to be alive
all my life

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

Sonnet #55: Regrets

What we regret remains unsaid until
We care too much about the circumstances
The reason for our failure pass but still
We fake a smile when heavens open chances

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

Chopin. In B flat minor

We wander and we fall
From the rooftops of a sacred life
But descendants aren’t all
Prone to continue or recur

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Fear Society

Standing firmly on the ground
Looking around
Seeing no-one

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

For the Love of the Seagulls

First time ever I saw a seagull / Trying to make metres at the sky
Against the heavy winds / Over the river Elbe.

© 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!