Joseph Roque

👋 I'm a mobile developer living in Vancouver. Sometimes I work on personal projects, sometimes I go for runs, and sometimes I blog about things.

# writing

7 posts about writing. Read below or browse other tags.

early birds

We spent the morning walking alongside early risers and early birds chasing worms and water droplets dripping off the backs of ducks.

2026/04/21

poetry

VCBF: 2025 Haiku Invitational

The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has announced its winners for 2025’s Haiku Invitational. I was excited to see this year I was awarded a “Sakura Award”! Still hoping to win some year 🤞

2025/10/30

poetry

Development Log, November 2024

This month I wrote a meager 4,251 words for NaNoWriMo, added a few new statistics to the Approach app, and started prepping for Advent of Code.

2024/12/03

dev-log

Development Log, October 2024

This month I attended the Vancouver Writer’s Fest in anticipation of NaNoWriMo, and built some data management tooling for Approach.

2024/10/31

dev-log

VCBF: 2024 Haiku Invitational

This year’s Haiku Invitational for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has announced its winners.

2024/10/22

poetry

VCBF: 2023 Haiku Invitational

This year’s Haiku Invitational for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has announced its winners.

2023/10/22

poetry

VCBF: 2022 Haiku Invitational

This year’s Haiku Invitational for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has announced its winners.

2022/10/22

poetry