Michael J LeachMichael J. Leach (@m_jleach) is an Australian poet and academic who works at the Monash University School of Rural Health. Michael's poems have appeared in journals such as Cordite Poetry Review and Plumwood Mountain, anthologies such as annual editins of The Best Australian Science Writing (NewSouth Publishing, 2024 and 2025), and his poetry books Chronicity (Melbourne Poets Union, 2020), Natural Philosophies (Recent Work Press, 2022), and Rural Ecologies (Recent Work Press, 2024). Michael's poems have been recognised in competitions: the UniSA Mental Health and Wellbeing Poetry Competition, Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, Minds Shine Bright Confidence Writing Competition, Woollahra Digital Literary Award, Liquid Amber Poetry Prize, University of Canberra Health Poetry Prize, and Hush Foundation Kindness in Healthcare Writing Prize. He lives on unceded Dja Dja Wurrung Country and acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land. Read More Read Less
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