before I left, I walked up to the boy and told him his music was divine; I was proud to have him with me.
Michael Leach recalls hearing a Jimmy Barnes song, 30 years apart.
Micheal Leach joins the dots between Elvis, Florence + The Machine, and the Graceland exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery (which concluded on 17 July 2022).
Michael Leach pens a limerick about a Superjesus guitar pick.
I find myself on my own/in the Forum,/flying solo/at the first gig/I’ve ever dared/attend without a friend.
Poet Michael Leach riffs on visiting the Elvis exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery.
On a fresh midmorning, I alight my bus at the east end of Adelaide’s CBD and proceed to speed walk along cracked concrete, as The Superjesus’s track ‘Now and Then’ begins on my iPod.
Soon each groom/ walks down a natural aisle/ with his sister & his canine/ to sounds of sincerest acoustic music.
...just happy/to be free again, talking about whatever with anybody, standing in line/with impunity on a Saturday for an Icee.
This Labour Day,/I find myself walking/while listening/to Uncle Pat/by Ash.