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Floating days and Death Cafes
It’s been a week of floating on fuzzy clouds, so high up hardly ever coming down. In the midst of poetry and friends warming my heart,...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 16, 20222 min read


High on adrenaline and poetry
It’s been three days and my heart is still beating in fireworks. Thursday night I organised an evening of poetry and storytelling where I...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 9, 20222 min read


Tuesday Night Black Ice Cream
Last night I saw Helado Negro performing his sweet tunes pouring them like warm oil in my ears I closed my eyes without thinking I was...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 5, 20221 min read


A Night Of Poetry
Hello, lovers! What has everybody been up to and are you all just as excited as I am that AUTUMN IS HERE? This little troll is finally...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 28, 20222 min read


Jackie of all trades
Hello autumn, you season of cosiness. The change of season is always an excellent time to start a new chapter, I believe. September and...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 21, 20222 min read


End Of Summer Sunday
The rain wakes me Earlier than I would like But hey it’s Sunday and I have Absolutely no plans but to live Life in PJ’s read poetry cook...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 18, 20221 min read


The Letter
Today I received a letter. Nothing special, you might think. Well, think again baby, because this letter is literally a blast from the...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Afternoon vinyl poetry
This afternoon I played that record where You sing remember the love we made Of course you’re not singing to me But now you’re asking I...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 13, 20221 min read


Ibiza dreaming
Certain things run through your life like a red thread. Connecting dots of past, present and future in a way you never thought possible....
Joke De Roeck
Sep 11, 20222 min read


Sunkissed bliss
Sunkissed skin Bringing summer in Pouring golden glows Into my pores Time to pause No need to worry cause This is your holiday Working...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 2, 20221 min read


French mémoires
I'm a Memory Lane kinda girl and I love nothing more than to browse through old journals. I recently found this gem of a scribbling I...
Joke De Roeck
Aug 29, 20223 min read


The Valencian Void
How did we survive the days after summer camp when we were little? Did we indulge in milk and cookies and watch cartoons until we fell...
Joke De Roeck
Aug 23, 20222 min read


Nocturnes
Oh how the night changes life as we know it people are less aware shame vanishes, embarrassment is nonexistent dancing is the new...
Joke De Roeck
Aug 9, 20221 min read


Stick on moustaches and other sweaty stuff
Ah, Valencia! Where a sense of perpetual vacation is floating in the air. Where cockroaches are fat, juicy and deeply disappointed in...
Joke De Roeck
Aug 3, 20222 min read


Life's the road
Life's on a roll meeting people on a daily basis tagging along going places I wouldn't even know about if it wasn't for talking to...
Joke De Roeck
Jul 30, 20221 min read


Daily stardust
Is the festival dust still settling? Am I seeing the world through kaleidoscopic glasses? Am I falling in love with Valencia more and...
Joke De Roeck
Jul 28, 20222 min read


Coffee lover
Make coffee as if you’re making love to me warm your hands as the heat rises the body of the plunger about to burst no need to let it...
Joke De Roeck
Jul 22, 20221 min read


Back from Nowhere
As soon as I knew I was moving to Spain, I had one mission in mind: to go to Nowhere. Even though this festival has been on my burning...
Joke De Roeck
Jul 17, 20223 min read


Finishing things
I am a forever procrastinator, always living high up in the clouds and never ever finishing a thing. My therapist once suggested: just...
Joke De Roeck
Jul 3, 20222 min read


Sunday eve setup
Welcome to my Sunday eve setup. White wine fresh raspberries a house smelling of brownies chocolate everywhere. Fueled up on the same...
Joke De Roeck
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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