Author of three collections of poetry, including below: absence, Cyril Wong's work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Santa Clara Review, and Slope in the States, Cordite in Australia, and Silverfish New Writing 3 in Malaysia. In 2001, he was nominated by Prose Ax for the Pushcart Prize.

He was the co-creative coordinator for Action Theatre's Poetry In ACTION! and has been invited to read at such international literary festivals as the Edinburgh International Book Festival.