Roya Marsh

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Roya Marsh is a LGBTQ African American slam and performance poet and activist.{{cite web|url=https://www.bxtimes.com/roya-marsh-poet/|title=Bronx-based poet Roya Marsh is writing who she wants you to be|author=Ertekin-Taner, Su|newspaper=Bronx Times-Reporter|date=July 3, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bxtimes.com/bronx-poet-roya-marsh/|newspaper=Bronx Times-Reporter|title=Bronx poet Roya Marsh celebrates launch of second book, "savings time"|author=Swanson, Emily|date=February 4, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://pen.org/roya-marsh-the-pen-ten/|title='Darkness is Beautiful': Roya Marsh on Resistance and Resilience Through Poetry|author=Dillard, Sarah|date=February 26, 2025|publisher=PEN America}}

Marsh, a native of Parkchester, Bronx, began her slam poetry career in the year 2011 while still a student and improving her skills at open mics.

Marsh is a former Poet in Residence at Urban Word NYC whose work has appeared in publications such as HuffPost{{cite web|website=HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poet-breaks-down-gentrification-and-its-ripple-effect-on-black-lives_n_55f04df3e4b03784e2774f33|title=Poet Breaks Down Gentrification And Its Ripple Effect On Black Lives|author=Finley, Taryn|date=September 9, 2015}} and Nylon.{{cite web|title=Read Me: In dayliGht, Roya Marsh Dismantles White Supremacy Through Poetry|author=Neilson, Sarah|date=March 31, 2020|url=https://www.them.us/story/read-me-roya-marsh-daylight|website=Them}}

In 2025, Marsh published her second collection of poetry, savings time, that followed her first book of poetry, dayliGht, which received a nomination for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry.{{cite web|publisher=WNYC|title=Bronx Poet Roya Marsh Reflects on Black Life|date=March 4, 2025|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/bronx-poet-roya-marsh-reflects-on-black-life/}}{{cite web|publisher=Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2021/03/2021-lambda-literary-award-finalists/|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|date=March 15, 2021}}