Publications

Watch this space for new poems an ongoing selection written since the publication of Cool Focus

2024-2026

SEEING SQUARES

There are so many

round things

There is creativity

in finding a square

thing

In search of perfect

calm squares

Home is a place to

begin

Ceramic Tiles and

Bathroom scales

Mirror for shaving

White Cubes for storing

Black Cubes for 

seating

Solid square Table

Electric Sockets and

blue Curtains

Square pictures in frames

Chessboards for

knights and pawns

Pavement lines and

squares

Beware of bears

Clock with a face

that is square

New York Times

Square

Geometry aligns 

with squares

Squares made up of 

smaller squares

Squares with

rounded corners

Minimal Art is

another place to

start

Malevich Black

Square

Red Square and

White on White

Mondrian painter

and Judd sculptor

Agnes Martin

sublime grids

LeWitt all sorts of

cubes

Squares seem to

move by Bridget

Riley

Calm squares by

Albers move more

slowly

Anna Lorenz

brooches of silver

With holes that are

square

Negative forms with

the power of silver

not there

Precious jewellery

to wear

Travel to to Cathay

and other places

Thousands of characters on

Chinese typewriters

Food on Japanese

square plates

Zen squares of

Tibetan mandalas

We know about

space and Borg

starships

And how resistance

is futile

But I wonder if

there are squares

on Mars

Or if there are any 

square stars

Squares also feature

in  Thinking Shapes

With geometric paintings by Rita

Zimnol

Available in a trade 

edition

And a limited deluxe 

edition with colour

illustrations

Cool Focus

Poems by Alexander Davis

Cover Paintings from Modern Miniatures series by Rita Zimnol

Art Makers

Poems by Alexander Davis

Cover image- Richard Allen from a photograph by William Davis

Nostalgia for the Avant Garde 

Poems by Alexander Davis

Cover photograph by William Davis                                     

Thinking Shapes

Poems by Alexander Davis

Illustrations by Rita Zimnol                                         

Nordic Zen

Poems that focus on Buddhist calm detachment and pure simplicity of Scandinavian design.

Unreal City Blues

Poems in search of hidden reality and invisible memories.

Sublime Time

Poems focusing on time and perfection in Art, Memory and Literature.

Mirrorscapes

Intriguing poems about mirrors.. mirrors in art.. mirrors in literature.

City Time

Poems which tell the history of the City, often in the voices of the streets and buildings themselves.

Statue Time

Poems about Sculpture, Time and the fixation on Angels shared by poets and sculptors.

Reviews of Alexander Davis's Poetry

The poems are thought provoking.

I really like the mixture of light and dark.

(Karen Jacobsen- Bond Books)

Very impressed by the poetry.

Very touched  it is inspired by the works of makers.

(Aline Johnson Glass Design)

The poems conjure so many worlds

very visual..reflective..playful..cool 

wonderful lyricism and detail.

(Felicity Napier- Poet/Artist)

The City of London Quartet of T.S Eliot Books

How Pleasant to Collect Mr Eliot!

My Books are at Moorgate

T.S Eliot Bookscapes

T.S Eliot and Henry Moore: Poetry and Sculpture

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