progress – Scriptorium '77

we should continue to move forward again

we happened to be a progressed people
ready for challenges
ready to help each other

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

The Mighty Might Not Fall: A Prelude to Our Collective Swan Song

The mighty will fall. What a comforting thought. But what if the mighty won’t fall? Because of the companies, the autocrats and the algorithms of today’s society? Let’s find out.

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

and still we hope

while the idiots run our planet
our morals flushed down the
toilets of our kingdoms
while the floods appear

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

language is an extraterrestrial life form

putting words to paper
taking words into the mouth
spitting them out
trying to collect them back

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

The Longest Day

The Sun is just an image of herself today
The clouds form shadows out of boredom
Look at yourself from deep within
And you’ll see hurricans of fire

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

Tell Me Again That You Love Living

Into a storm we flee
Where we can breathe no more
The dead bodies collide
Where they keep living

© Dominik Alexander / 2024

Come For Me

Come for me / Tease me
Rescue me / From myself

© Dominik Alexander / 2020

Who Is Able To Say?

I’m not scared about / What might happen
I’m concerned about / What humans are capable of

© 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!