Starting a new year in style
A yearly celebration with friends, all gathered together in one house in the south of Belgium for one sweet week. My favourite week of...
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Joke De Roeck
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Merry covid and a happy Bon Jovi!
Nothing says 'welcome to Belgium' more than getting covid two weeks after arriving. Seriously, how do people do it, living here and not...
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Joke De Roeck
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
A poetic reminder
To remind you I do write commissioned poems if that’s something you’d like to gift yourself or someone else under the tree stars ceiling...
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Joke De Roeck
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
The concept of home
What is home? Is something I’ve been asking myself and others for as long as I can remember. Flying back to Belgium is like coming home....
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Joke De Roeck
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Flying home
It’s been hard to keep quiet but now I’m ready to open my mouth and yell it out: I’m back! In the tiny winter wonderland named Belgium....
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Joke De Roeck
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Chez Jay dreaminess
After the retreat I soaked in a warm bath of friendship and saying YES to every possible event happening in this fresh start of NZ...
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Joke De Roeck
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
The retreat
In the chaos of heartbreak and the whirlwind that is life, I found myself in the middle of rolling hills in the Coromandel, pitching my...
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Joke De Roeck
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Changing it up
I guess it had to happen. Something had to happen to kick my butt out of the most uncomfortably comfortable routine life I found myself...
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Joke De Roeck
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Rainy day dream come true
I don’t know if I can still blame lockdown, but I’m sucked into my phone more than ever. Social media for breakfast lunch dinner and what...
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Joke De Roeck
- Sep 5, 2021
- 2 min
Book thief
You did the best that you knew at the time. At the time of smashing my window, breaking into my little old granny car. Noticing the...
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Joke De Roeck
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry busker
Have you ever had someone write you a poem in public? In the middle of the street or at a festival? I have and I absolutely loved it....
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Joke De Roeck
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Poetic itch
To all you gorgeous folk in lockdown and/or out in the open: if your itch for poetry has become too strong to handle, your yearning to...
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Joke De Roeck
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
Lockdown brain
Yes, we’re locked down again. Like dogs put on a leash tied to a tree. This far and not any further oh no don’t you dare. I get it, it’s...
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Joke De Roeck
- Aug 15, 2021
- 2 min
Devotion
At 8 AM I take off my apron and run out of the cafe across the street to the beach where I join about fifty others ready in swimsuits...
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Joke De Roeck
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Morning thoughts
Feeling fine drinking tulsi tea thinking how can every day off be so sweet? Sugary sweet but the healthy kind, like the pumpkin soup I...
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Joke De Roeck
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
Celebration upon celebration
Oooh baby! All the goods, all the time! That’s my state of mind and heart ever since I left the night shift side of life. Celebration...
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Joke De Roeck
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
Night shifts
The delicacies of living life at night. 6 AM tenderness as my tired body moves swiftly from a hot shower to a cold room, where I crawl...
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Joke De Roeck
- Jun 15, 2021
- 1 min
Winter time granny time
You know winter is on its way when: You don’t mind working nightshifts, so you miss the coldest part of the night and you can sleep right...
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Joke De Roeck
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Weekend + all the feels
Friday was one of those days. Crying in front of the mechanic when he lists all the expensive issues my new old car has. Working a job...
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Joke De Roeck
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
New dawn new day
I take a long drag of my neigbour's cigarette. It’s been years, but if there was ever a moment. Let this be it. The smoke tastes...
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