Chords in the Soundscapes is a full-length collection of nonfiction poetry about sounds and emotions. This collection is divided into two interrelated sections: 'The Science of Music', which focuses more on the technical side of music and sounds more generally, and 'Love Notes', which focuses more on emotions such as love and grief. The poems in Chords in the Soundscapes are largely autobiographical in that they capture and distil Michael J. Leach's formative memories from childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Connections between Leach's life and songs from diverse genres are conveyed through…mehr
Chords in the Soundscapes is a full-length collection of nonfiction poetry about sounds and emotions. This collection is divided into two interrelated sections: 'The Science of Music', which focuses more on the technical side of music and sounds more generally, and 'Love Notes', which focuses more on emotions such as love and grief. The poems in Chords in the Soundscapes are largely autobiographical in that they capture and distil Michael J. Leach's formative memories from childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Connections between Leach's life and songs from diverse genres are conveyed through various poetry types, from ghazals to prose poems, forming a cycle of deeply personal and human reflections
Michael 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 editions 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.
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