Archive - Songs of Revolution

Justice Is for Children

Or, another poem written from the bed.

10 hrs ago •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

June 2025

Frida’s Garden

Levi liked the way the garden looked in rain

Jun 29 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

No More Waiting Rooms

I don't need your permission to exist on my own terms

Jun 21 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

On Your Frequency

A poem written from the bed again

Jun 18 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

You Paid for It in Cortisol

(for the women who stayed in the room)

Jun 6 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

They’re not waking up. They’re covering their asses.

On Western liberalism and the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Jun 5 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

I put the kettle on

Jun 2 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

May 2025

Valencia, After the Storm

Valencia greets you with light.

May 30 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

I'm Not Fighting Just to Fight

I fight to exist on my own terms

May 28 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

I Don’t Dare to Go Home

(Written in the car with my eyes closed).

May 23 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

May 22 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

I wasn’t born yesterday, I was just born working class

Don’t mistake my silence for softness.

May 17 •

Rebecca Rijsdijk

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