Volodymyr Zelenskyy – Scriptorium '77

Waiting for Putin

He suggested a meeting
Everyone thought
He meant himself
But he didn’t say it

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

Wenn wir übermorgen erwachen, ist die Welt immer noch die gleiche

Wer fragt sich in der heutigen Zeit nicht manchmal
Wenn ich jetzt einschlafe und morgen aufwache
Ist die Welt dann wieder normal?

© Dominik Alexander / 2025

Paper Jubilee

What else can you say
than congratulations to the paper jubilee
to the thousands of deaths
and many more just out of breaths

© Dominik Alexander / 2023

Indestructible / Unverwüstlich

Living in the bitter fate of resilience I watch the bombs fall //
Leben im bitteren Schicksal der Unverwüstlichkeit Ich schaue die Bomben fallen

© Dominik Alexander / 2022

Global Teapot

Words are floating down the southern hemisphere
Troublesome the mind might melting
Into a global teapot

© Dominik Alexander / 2022

Sonnet #24: War

When language’s heating up through old white men
The danger grows that escalation’s been
A calculated puzzle piece again
The planning of a war we could have seen

© Dominik Alexander / 2022

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!