Honoured to have made the longlist for this year's University of Canberra Health #Poetry Prize! It feels surreal to appear on this list with so many amazingly talented poets. My thanks to chief judge Dr Ella Kurz & congrats to everyone listed! canberra.edu.au/research/centr… #healthhumanities

It was heartening to hear that my #haiku sequence has been highly commended in such a meaningful prize: the Hush Foundation Kindness in Health Writing Prize. My thanks to the Foundation, Goldfields Medical Group & the judges hush.org.au #poetry #healthhumanities

A couple of Pacific black ducks on a branch #ducks #eucalyptus #DjaDjaWurrungCountry

Loving @AnastasiPoetry's powerful new poetry collection 'Taking Apart the Bird Trap'. It's available now through @RecentPress recentworkpress.com/product/taking… #poetry #monostich #literature #book

Received copies of my new poetry book yesterday, ahead of the local launch Bendigo Library (11am Sat 5 Oct, bookings via Eventbrite). Many thanks to ICOE Press for publishing & @AnastasiPoetry for launching! #poetry #haiku #nature #writing eventbrite.com.au/e/michael-j-le…

The back cover of my new poetry book, Rural Ecologies. Many thanks to Matt Hetherington & Leanne Mumford for the brilliant blurbs! icoe.com.au/ourbooks/ourbo… #poetry #book #backcover #haiku #senryu #haikuesque #nature #writing

Sunday morning #calves #farm #Strathfieldsaye #DjaDjaWurrungCountry

I have a new #haiku out today in Pulse. Many thanks to haiku editor, US poet Michael Dylan Welch. This piece speaks to the therapeutic value of music at end of life, as seen in health care & the literature pulsevoices.org/haiku/his-deat… #writing #healthhumanities #musictherapy

A wonderful piece! Thank you for sharing this message on the power of music in end-of-life care🎶 #PulseVoices #HealingThroughArt

Getting ready for the launch of my new poetry book, Rural Ecologies, at Bendigo Library this coming Saturday. You can read more and book via Eventbrite: eventbrite.com.au/e/michael-j-le… @AnastasiPoetry #poetry #haiku #rural #book #booklaunch

Enjoying my book launch while inadvertently matching the decor! My thanks to @AnastasiPoetry for giving such an eloquent & insightful launch speech, ahead of chatting with me about certain poems in 'Rural Ecologies'. I'm also grateful to @bendigolibrary for being so accommodating

My #poem Biogeography is in fine company in Poetry of Change: The Liquid Amber Prize Anthology. My thanks to Rose Lucas, Ali Whitelock & Reneé Petitt-Schipp for selecting/editing, & Pauline Brightling for the page layout. I'll be reading this at the launch liquidamberpress.com.au

I can say first-hand that Leah Kaminsky's 'Disorders of the Blood' is an excellent & important book, complete with the perfect final poem & final line. I'd recommend picking up a copy puncherandwattmann.com/product/disord… Puncher and Wattmann #poetry #healthhumanities #ecopoetry #poets #doctorpoets

Rochford Street Review Issue 40. A gentle, subtly joyful collection: Amanda Anastasi launches Rural Ecologies by Michael Leach. "This slim collection is a testament to the poet’s ability to express a great deal in few words." rochfordstreetreview.com/2024/12/01/a-g…

Grateful to Amanda Anastasi for writing, delivering and publishing the launch speech for my poetry book, Rural Ecologies (In Case of Emergency Press, 2024). You can visit Rochford Street Review for the full speech Bendigo Library #poetry #ecopoetry

Received my contributor copy of The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 from NewSouth Publishing this week. Many thanks to the editors & congrats to all contributors! Alicia Sometimes Shey Marque #scicomm #sciencewriting #poetry

My #poem in The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 presents memories from a rural placement I did during my BPharm. The placement took place on Bunurong Country. I'm thrilled that this piece has been included in BASW & that the release date was in Nov: #NationalRuralHealthMonth

My contributions to this year's #Haiku Down Under Anthology of poems by online conference attendees. I'm pleasantly surprised to have the opening piece, & grateful to have work included alongside so many excellent poems! My thanks to editors Carole Harrison & Sue Courtney #poetry

I couldn't resist making #poetry from this moment! This piece found its way into issue 13 of Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku #cat #pet #haiku #senryu #Japanesepoeticforms #EchidnaTracks echidnatracks.com/category/echid…