Michael J. Leach is a health researcher and wordsmith. Michael is currently completing a PhD in Pharmacy, working as a freelance academic proofreader, and pursuing a long-term interest in creative writing. His creative writing, including poetry, has been published in Medical Humanities, The Medical Journal of Australia, The Copperfield Review, and A New Ulster. Michael is an Australian who identifies with his Irish ancestry. He lives in Central Victoria, Australia.

St Pat’s Day, 2016

Today
Is St Pat’s Day.
I don emerald green
And proceed to reread poems
By Yeats.