Soundings is a striking collection of poetry which captures the emotional self-exploration of life's journey; the ephemerality of humans and the transcendence of nature above our self-obsessed arrogance and destruction. The philosophising character of these poems, and the boundaries stretched to look beyond appearance and first emotion, strike a chord in anyone who has found themselves pondering the vagaries and paradigms of life But struggles are accompanied by joys, and the beauty sits alongside tortures, to give a rich, varied and fulfilling collection.