Nothing Alone

By Dirk De Bock

After writing and publishing 5 books in the last 5 years, not mentioning the writing of previous 4 ones over several decades, one starts to believe that it’s going well.

In fact, it’s certainly not that I need to complain, even though I must admit for this ninth book, ideas didn’t pop-up just like it was happening before. However, this writing is in my blood and almost every day pieces have been submitted to my papers lying on my desk.

Going over these short pieces adds up to a certain summary and taking a few parts away and adding new stuff, mostly results in a new poem. Of course while still using that other material for a next poem.

Xlibris has been my publishing agency for my previous eight books, so I saw no particular reason why I should change this collaboration. I thank God for being on my side.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Mar 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664115170

Dirk De Bock

I was born the 4th of January in 1958. I became interested in writing, not just writing, ‘cause writing a book is only one story. I wanted to create, make new stories, over and over again. So I started writing poetry, not just a few lines but in a way nobody else does. A whole page with a whole new story. In a simple manner, poetry for everybody, where one doesn’t need a dictionary to understand, feel and recognize what the poem is about. Everywhere I was, just started writing a few lines on a piece of paper or on a beermat. Sometimes these lines came easy, sometimes it took me many weeks to complete a poem.

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