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An insightful and empathetic collection of around ninety poems on the topic of sleep (or lack of it), curated by Allie Esiri. A meditative companion for every hour of the night, SLEEP offers solace, empathy and a dash of humour. If you are awake at 3am, this is the book for you. Arranged in...

Silence racing thoughts and overcome insomnia with guided relaxation poetry crafted for immediate, deep sleep. When the heavy stress of a demanding schedule keeps you tossing and turning, these tranquil verses offer a comforting, auditory refuge. Transform your evening routine into a peaceful...

Sleep. That most mysterious of times. The unconscious hours. Everyone needs it. Sleep offers a respite from the rigors and challenges of the day - a chance for the brain to process what has happened and bring rest and recuperation before the cycle of daytime activity begins again. Our poets, from Kipling and Swinburne through Hafiz, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe and a pillowful of others, explore the wish to rest, to close the eyes and reside in the land of nod.

Quiet your restless mind and drift into deep sleep with soothing bedtime poetry designed for anxious adults. When the constant replay of a stressful day keeps you awake, this comforting audio sanctuary helps loosen physical tension and soften harsh self-criticism. Let go of unfinished tasks and...

while they sleep (under the bed is another country) is written in dialogic fragments and interspersed with prose poems reflecting on the lasting impact of colonial trauma. The bed on which America sleeps is built on the fear that the nations it has oppressed will rise up against it, a monstrous shadow in a child's nightmare. Written in English, while they sleep points to an imperialist American identity: the dormant body of the text. Answering in Spanish, under the bed is another country is the footnote, the monster under the bed, the colony: Puerto Rico.

This book is designed to trigger ASMR and help induce sleep. As a chronic insomniac, I have long sought an effective remedy. Traditional sleep meditations and soothing sounds only caused hyperfocusing and aggravation. Rather than instructing your mind to rest, this book is intended to give your mind lovely things to dwell on, allowing you to drift in and out of thought as you relax through the rhythmic tones.

In una società affetta da narcisismo patologico, dove i sentimenti e l’anima si sacrificano per un outfit ben curato, Prometeo è un ladro e dorme affronta la tematica del disincanto che connota la nostra epoca. Attraverso il racconto della fine di un amore, si narra un dolore universale che si scatena quando l’anima si annichilisce per dare spazio alle apparenze e alla ricerca dell’effimero.