Reclaim your dream life and imagination through bedtime verses for every emotion.
Though poetry as well as an introductory essay, Welcome Calm, Silence Tyrants explores the subtle, subversive, and powerful ways that lullabies can not only delight, but also cultivate social justice.
If you’re looking for a book that promotes better sleep, nourishes the imagination, supports cozy rest, and offers thoughtful and accessible lullaby poems for poetry beginners and seasoned poets alike, then be sure to put Welcome Calm, Silence Tyrants on your nightstand.
A unique and utterly beautiful exploration of the varied roles of lullabies across time and cultures. Introduced by an essay grounded in extensive research, Melanie Weldon-Soiset reveals that lullabies are not only soothing songs, but also lament, blessing, secret confession, and naming of the way things are. Lullabies speak to a culture's dreams and fears. Diverse in form and topic, these adult lullabies invite the benevolence of safe slumber that is grounded in social justice.
