One Halloween

Michael J. Leach lives on unceded Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Australia. Michael’s poems reside in journals such as Cordite, anthologies such as The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 (NewSouth Publishing), and his books Chronicity (MPU), Natural Philosophies (RWP), and Rural Ecologies (ICOE Press). A fourth book, Chords in the Soundscapes, is forthcoming from Ginninderra Press. Michael’s poems have received recognition: first place in the UniSA Mental Health and Wellbeing Poetry Competition, commended in the Hippocrates Prize, joint first place and longlisted in the poetry category of the MSB Confidence Writing Competition, shortlisted in the poetry category of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award, highly commended and longlisted in the Liquid Amber Poetry Prize, longlisted in the UC Health Poetry Prize, and highly commended in the Hush Foundation Kindness in Healthcare Writing Prize.