Life and Rhythms represent author’s philosophical understanding of life and what is true in the human soul. He believes these poems are cathartic and seek to amplify the human spirit with an internal light. Life and Rhythms stand as Campbell’s evolution as a poet, using strict meters, forms, and rhyming schemes to put his philosophies forth. Life and Rhythms was brought about by long nights and a maddening passion to get each poem just right. The poems are our shared journeys, brimming with life lessons in a society in which we’re increasingly lost. The author began Life and Rhythms knowing it could not have been written before now. His life’s journey-his understanding-was only then capable of seeing life’s many shades.