Germany – Scriptorium '77

Sonnet #68: Journey

We come and go on our journey home
Along the rivers north and south the border
We leave the comfort zone we just came from
And recognise the joy of last night’s order

© 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

HOLLOW SOCIETY

It always starts with love within our hearts
The sorting of the burdens dims the lights
From right to left we’re shuffling all the cards
And hope something remains that souls ignites

© Dominik Alexander / 2021

Reptile Kid From Pluto

Isn’t that a beautiful sight? The blue colour of the graffiti tears you into the picture like the blue sky on a hot Summer day.

© Dominik Alexander / 2021

I Can’t Breathe

What do the numbers tell you about Saxony during COVID-19
When they are saying: We are low

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

Don’t Call the Cops

Nobody has seen this coming
Count me as surprised / Count me as shocked
Don’t want the government to feel as being mocked

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

Call the Police

Imagine / You are
A Muslim girl / In a Western European city

© 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.

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!