R. D. Wood is of Malayalee and Scottish descent and identifies as a person of colour. He has had work published or that is forthcoming from Southerly, Jacket2, Best Australian Poetry, JASAL and Foucault Studies. His most recent collection of poems is Land Fall
Watching the Curry Van at Margaret River Mouth
watchsprings
cleared
the council dousing
the frailty of
cretaceous acne,
the river effervescent
looms, bodies bristle,
defiant
sharp
unwavering
lifting
where our identities pale