Rhythm Café

Rhythms are found everywhere.…in nature, in the way our earth moves, in the dynamics of human society, in the realms of the stars and galaxy beyond. A veritable café of rhythms runs through these cycles. In all places there are patterns and cycles, in human life as well, mirroring the rhythms in the natural world without, where the seasons run as summer follows winter. This collection of poems is a celebration of the rhythms that run in and out of our lives and in the natural world beyond and the rhythms that shape our lives.

Alasdair Duncan Sclater was born in South Africa and spent most of his childhood there. He left during the apartheid era and has lived most of his adult life in London. He studied zoology at university and has worked as a horticulturalist most of his life. At present he is an English teacher. His interests include wildlife, history, art, and music. The main inspiration for his poetry is the bounty of the natural world, as well as his orthodox faith, to which he converted some years ago. He has traveled widely in Europe and speaks several European languages.