Feels good
Feels good to be home home, where the heart overflows into bowls of steaming pho soothe your soul take off your clothes slip on a fluffy...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Love in the time of corona
Wild times we’re living in. Corona virus forcing us into quarantine, hibernation as a must. Isolate yourselves with a pile of books,...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 5, 20202 min read
Festivals, frolics and other frivolities
Holy moly! Again, nearly a month has passed since I flipped open my laptop and wrote a good ol’ blog post. I’ve been all over the place...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 14, 20202 min read
Blissland
Dude. I’ve been neglecting my blog, journals and notebooks for a month now. One month of living in absolute blissland named Kiwiburn and...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 13, 20201 min read
All I want
All I want you to do is lay your body next to mine rest your travelled heart and head between my legs I won’t tell you to stop or go...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 22, 20191 min read
Faraway
Dreaming of your face and clothes how I wish I hid something in my bag your shirt pants breath body unpack you wear you out for dinner
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Joke De Roeck
May 25, 20191 min read
Rainy days
Rainy days ask for this Making tea smoking spliffs I write you a love letter You let me be your muse The eyes you lay on me See straight...
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Joke De Roeck
May 7, 20191 min read
Remains
Serpents crawling up walls incense giving the room a purple hue remains for daze golden frames holding voodoo shells your coffee tastes...
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Joke De Roeck
May 4, 20191 min read
Grief
When it hits you, there’s no way you’re seeing the world clearly anymore. Eyes blur up with tears, pillows weeping wet. Headaches and...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 9, 20192 min read
Love you up
I don’t know if it’s the first sunrays on my face, the scent of spring in the air. We all get sick at the same time, we all feel loved up...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 13, 20191 min read
52 WEEKS
Could there please be 52 WEEKS in one year? Not your average week from Monday to Sunday, where you work and party and savour every second...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 22, 20181 min read
You had me at
You had me at I know a place We can read poetry To each other. You surprised me I would never have guessed You stay in your cocoon Pull...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 16, 20181 min read
Cali memories
I am back As if I never left Did I even leave? Or was this all a dream Of waking up in cold dark Count the frost on my car The lake...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 13, 20182 min read
Always celebrate yourself
Last week, I received an email from my favourite English bookshop in Brussels: The book you ordered, has arrived! Yay! My bike flew me...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 25, 20182 min read
Harvest moon magic
Sometimes in life, magic happens. Of course: when you least expect it. When you focus on something and forget about all other thoughts...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 18, 20182 min read
Love/Hate
I’m in a love/hate relationship with the city I live in. Brussels is gorgeous, but she has her ugly ways. On the surface she seems grey,...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 26, 20182 min read
Granadian memories
What to do when the flu tackles you into a horizontal life? You go through holiday pictures and find the ones that suit you mood: grey...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 18, 20182 min read
Brussels crush
Life! You sweet son of a gun! Whenever I think: "yes! I finally know what I want to do with my life, after months of being lost I finally...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 1, 20172 min read
Life right about now
Oh what a wonderful day! Waking up feeling free, birds singing it's time to shine. Morning coffee rituals with friends in the garden....
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 14, 20173 min read
Valentine's Day plans
When you start your day with two blocks of chocolate and you find yourself longingly staring at the bottle of red wine, wondering if 9 am...
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