Creative martial artist, serious poet, and data person.
Brooklyn, NY
- Tweets 1,475
- Following 400
- Followers 126
- Likes 4,776
Roy Wang retweeted
Best of the Net 2026 Poetry Nominations (2/3)
🔸Inverse Ghazal by Aman Rahman
🔸Mythologies by @SnehaKantaS
🔸Oratorio for three voices by @kickoflegend
1
3
7
284
Roy Wang retweeted
"The people that built their heaven on your land are telling you yours is in the sky."
174
20,182
74,393
1,662,828
Roy Wang retweeted
Sharing this fundraising campaign to help one of our community, Ames Ma, see without pain. Please donate if you can and boost even if you can't. ❤️
gofundme.com/f/help-a-trans-…
3
19
18
3,795
Roy Wang retweeted
The team at sinθ are pleased to announce our nominees for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem — Written.
Congratulations to Cynthia Gan @cyn_gan, Roy Wang @kickoflegend, and Mimi Yang @yyxmoonriver. Thank you for sharing your work with us. Good luck!
1
5
17
890
Roy Wang retweeted
Come MAKE SOME NOISE for the release of sinθ #28 "SOUND 音" with a Zoom reading!
Held on September 2 at 5pm PDT — timezone breakdown below.
Hear from: @kickoflegend / @vicku___ / Luke Tan / Vivian Si Zeng / @elizabethhanmd
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/make-some-n…
Graphic by @northcarolines
5
19
5,046
How do I let Bruce Springsteen know I published a poem about him and my dad? @springsteen @sinethetamag
#poetry #theboss
1
3
4
475
Roy Wang retweeted
sinθ #28 “SOUND 音” is here, swelling and resonating into a rich sonic landscape.
This issue features the winners of our fifth annual writing contest; thank you to Ching-In Chen and Lan Samantha Chang for judging.
Grab your copy now! sinetheta.net/28
1
9
25
7,583
Roy Wang retweeted
Poetry from Roy Wang @kickoflegend draws parallels between Wang’s father and Bruce Springsteen, with their shared passion for music and their struggles with love and identity.
1
2
4
229
Roy Wang retweeted
A Black gay man was killed over an “altercation” because a straight man wanted him to stop voguing.
He was killed.
Over him voguing.
Black queer joy is under attack, not masculinity.
Be clear.
Rest in Peace, O’Shae Sibley. 🖤🙏🏾
220
13,643
66,278
2,136,679
Roy Wang retweeted
In this morning's Spotlight: a poem, "One Pistol", by @kickoflegend
Read it here: quibblelit.com/one-pistol-by…
Art: unsplash.com/@Arnav_arw
#Poetry #WritingCommunity
2
3
Roy Wang retweeted
Let me break this down for you, and y'all can go break this down for others.
"Rest in power" is not the woke version of "Rest in peace." It's not just cool, it's not a way to show you really liked someone, it's not something you say when a famous person you really liked dies.
205
11,488
62,386
Roy Wang retweeted
Conservatism leads to abuse because conservatism *is* abuse. It is the protection of hierarchy and unearned privilege at the expense of those without power, and the protection of institutions at the expense of the people who inhabit them.
138
2,300
7,607
RT @chenchenwrites: wild, how abstract politics are to a lot of cis het white ppl. and how okay they are with being friends with ppl who wa…
188
Roy Wang retweeted
If you don’t know a handful of women who’ve had an abortion, you’re not morally righteous or statistically anomalous; you’re just not the kind of person women trust with their secrets.
655
16,487
109,745