Dan Vera
@danvera.com
Washington, DC —poet| poetry foundation bit.ly/40tituc , editor, literary historian, 📚: Speaking Wiri Wiri (Red Hen) & co-editor, Imaniman: Poets at the (Gloria) Anzaldúan Borderlands (Aunt Lute). Quilt & watercolor. danvera.com
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Dan Vera
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· Aug 15
"The Borders Are Fluid Within Us" by Dan Vera | A Visual Poem
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This gorgeous film based on my poem, "The Borders Are Fluid Within Us" is from the 2019 gathering of the Resnick Aspen Action Forum, read by global fellows of the forum.
“We create — poems and paintings, stories and songs — to find a language for the bewilderment of being alive, the failure of it, the fullness of it, and to have lived fully is not to have spared yourself.”
Astonishing loveliness in @mariapopova.bsky.social essay on AI. h/t @jenbenka.bsky.social
Astonishing loveliness in @mariapopova.bsky.social essay on AI. h/t @jenbenka.bsky.social
"AI may never be able to write a great poem — a truly original poem — because a poem is made not of language but of experience, and the defining aspect of human experience is the constant collision between our wishes and reality..." —@mariapopova.bsky.social www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/07/s...
Uncoding Creativity in the Age of AI: What Makes a Great Poem, What Makes a Great Storyteller, and What Makes Us Human
I once asked ChatGPT to write a poem about a total solar eclipse in the style of Walt Whitman. It returned a dozen couplets of cliches that touched nothing, changed nothing in me. The AI had the wh…
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July 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“We create — poems and paintings, stories and songs — to find a language for the bewilderment of being alive, the failure of it, the fullness of it, and to have lived fully is not to have spared yourself.”
Astonishing loveliness in @mariapopova.bsky.social essay on AI. h/t @jenbenka.bsky.social
Astonishing loveliness in @mariapopova.bsky.social essay on AI. h/t @jenbenka.bsky.social
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Sarah Schulman in The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity on two of the qualities that made ACT UP effective: it “was not a consensus-based movement” and “went action first, not theory first”
July 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sarah Schulman in The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity on two of the qualities that made ACT UP effective: it “was not a consensus-based movement” and “went action first, not theory first”
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If you’re the kind of person who easily forgets what you’ve accomplished, you need a practice for reminding yourself. Count the years, the finished projects, the progress, the praise, count it all up and use it as evidence against the ever present criticism in your head that you’re not doing enough.
December 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
If you’re the kind of person who easily forgets what you’ve accomplished, you need a practice for reminding yourself. Count the years, the finished projects, the progress, the praise, count it all up and use it as evidence against the ever present criticism in your head that you’re not doing enough.
"At a time where the government's uncaring boot is pressing down on all of our necks, the best way to fight back is to care. Care loudly. Tell others. Get going.”
This piece by @dansinker.com on our present "Who Cares" era is astonishing.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
This piece by @dansinker.com on our present "Who Cares" era is astonishing.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"At a time where the government's uncaring boot is pressing down on all of our necks, the best way to fight back is to care. Care loudly. Tell others. Get going.”
This piece by @dansinker.com on our present "Who Cares" era is astonishing.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
This piece by @dansinker.com on our present "Who Cares" era is astonishing.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
search drinks in your camera roll. Random 4.
I recall #1 as a tasty cortado from Oak Cliff Coffee and #2 being a concoction we named “Scalia’s Tears“ after a good SCOTUS ruling (those were the days).
I recall #1 as a tasty cortado from Oak Cliff Coffee and #2 being a concoction we named “Scalia’s Tears“ after a good SCOTUS ruling (those were the days).
July 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
search drinks in your camera roll. Random 4.
I recall #1 as a tasty cortado from Oak Cliff Coffee and #2 being a concoction we named “Scalia’s Tears“ after a good SCOTUS ruling (those were the days).
I recall #1 as a tasty cortado from Oak Cliff Coffee and #2 being a concoction we named “Scalia’s Tears“ after a good SCOTUS ruling (those were the days).
A nice crepe shop called HOI PLOYES.
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A nice crepe shop called HOI PLOYES.
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$10 billion. Every hurricane season.
The **entirety** of NOAA requested $6.6 billion in FY25. Or 66% of those estimated costs of hurricanes (thus excluding their efforts to also monitor/warn/research flash floods or droughts or wildfires or severe weather or fisheries or tsunamis or solar flares).
The **entirety** of NOAA requested $6.6 billion in FY25. Or 66% of those estimated costs of hurricanes (thus excluding their efforts to also monitor/warn/research flash floods or droughts or wildfires or severe weather or fisheries or tsunamis or solar flares).
According Dr. Robert Atlas, the elimination of NOAA's AOML as proposed in their 2026 budget would result in a 20-40% decrease in hurricane forecast accuracy, costing the economy an estimated $10 billion each hurricane season. Sobering numbers on what's at stake.
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
$10 billion. Every hurricane season.
The **entirety** of NOAA requested $6.6 billion in FY25. Or 66% of those estimated costs of hurricanes (thus excluding their efforts to also monitor/warn/research flash floods or droughts or wildfires or severe weather or fisheries or tsunamis or solar flares).
The **entirety** of NOAA requested $6.6 billion in FY25. Or 66% of those estimated costs of hurricanes (thus excluding their efforts to also monitor/warn/research flash floods or droughts or wildfires or severe weather or fisheries or tsunamis or solar flares).
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Your poem makes me think of my father who escaped the Communist revolution in China as a child to come to this country. From a Maoist dictatorship to freedom. Your poem brings me to the 1600s when my mother’s ancestors arrived on a ship fleeing an English tyrant. Thank you for sharing your poem! 🪷
June 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Your poem makes me think of my father who escaped the Communist revolution in China as a child to come to this country. From a Maoist dictatorship to freedom. Your poem brings me to the 1600s when my mother’s ancestors arrived on a ship fleeing an English tyrant. Thank you for sharing your poem! 🪷
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie #piesofbluesky #PIE
June 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie #piesofbluesky #PIE
Jewels of Strawberry High Season in Pennsylvania. Bought these 2 quarts from a kid *literally* just walking out of the 🍓 patch. #strawberry
June 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Jewels of Strawberry High Season in Pennsylvania. Bought these 2 quarts from a kid *literally* just walking out of the 🍓 patch. #strawberry
Delighted to see my poem "Lingering Fraction" about the Stonewall Riots in Tribes Magazine's A GATHERING OF OUR PRIDE Issue. My thanks to @tribesorg.bsky.social @regie.bsky.social
www.tribes.org/a-gathering-... #poetry #pride Check out poems by my 🏳️🌈 AIR confreres at Link in 1st comment below⬇️⬇️
www.tribes.org/a-gathering-... #poetry #pride Check out poems by my 🏳️🌈 AIR confreres at Link in 1st comment below⬇️⬇️
Dan Vera — A Gathering of the Tribes
Lingering Fraction “Some homosexuals claim infallibility in identifying others of their kind ‘by the eyes—there’s a look that lingers a fraction of a second too long.’” “Growth o...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Delighted to see my poem "Lingering Fraction" about the Stonewall Riots in Tribes Magazine's A GATHERING OF OUR PRIDE Issue. My thanks to @tribesorg.bsky.social @regie.bsky.social
www.tribes.org/a-gathering-... #poetry #pride Check out poems by my 🏳️🌈 AIR confreres at Link in 1st comment below⬇️⬇️
www.tribes.org/a-gathering-... #poetry #pride Check out poems by my 🏳️🌈 AIR confreres at Link in 1st comment below⬇️⬇️
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the thing about “bread and circuses” is that you’re not supposed to double the price of bread and then become the circus
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
the thing about “bread and circuses” is that you’re not supposed to double the price of bread and then become the circus
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Great new Latino poetry anthology celebrated at MLK Library in DC with poets: @danvera.com @elizabethacevedo.bsky.social and others! #libraries #poetry
April 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great new Latino poetry anthology celebrated at MLK Library in DC with poets: @danvera.com @elizabethacevedo.bsky.social and others! #libraries #poetry
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Great panel of writers, all included in the Library of America Latino Anthology, last night at MLK Library in DC. Thoughtful and inspiring. @danvera.com @alexlregalado.bsky.social @fjaragon2025.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Great panel of writers, all included in the Library of America Latino Anthology, last night at MLK Library in DC. Thoughtful and inspiring. @danvera.com @alexlregalado.bsky.social @fjaragon2025.bsky.social
Came back from #AWP25 with a number of new books including Didi Jackson's "My Infinity." It was a real pleasure signing with her at the @redhenpress.bsky.social table, but today I've been enjoying her numinous poems. Even read a few aloud to the husband (always the mark of a good book IMO).
April 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Came back from #AWP25 with a number of new books including Didi Jackson's "My Infinity." It was a real pleasure signing with her at the @redhenpress.bsky.social table, but today I've been enjoying her numinous poems. Even read a few aloud to the husband (always the mark of a good book IMO).
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Put your thumb down for 120 seconds & pause the doom scroll for a #poetry reading with humor & just the right amount of lace and savagery.
Yeah, she may have dashes, metaphors, and a funeral in her brain. But this time, it’s *not* Emily Dickinson speaking—it’s a wickedly sharp poem by @danvera.com
Yeah, she may have dashes, metaphors, and a funeral in her brain. But this time, it’s *not* Emily Dickinson speaking—it’s a wickedly sharp poem by @danvera.com
Rick Davis Reads “Emily Dickinson at the Poetry Slam” By Dan Vera
YouTube video by ArtsFairfax
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April 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Put your thumb down for 120 seconds & pause the doom scroll for a #poetry reading with humor & just the right amount of lace and savagery.
Yeah, she may have dashes, metaphors, and a funeral in her brain. But this time, it’s *not* Emily Dickinson speaking—it’s a wickedly sharp poem by @danvera.com
Yeah, she may have dashes, metaphors, and a funeral in her brain. But this time, it’s *not* Emily Dickinson speaking—it’s a wickedly sharp poem by @danvera.com
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“I think it requires a very firm commitment to principle and a willingness to do hard things...We have to be willing to stand up for that. In principle, we have to be willing to speak up, and we have to be willing to say no to funding if it's going to constrain our ability to pursue the truth.”
And the good news keeps coming: I’m proud of my alma mater. Protect those students 👏🐅
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“I think it requires a very firm commitment to principle and a willingness to do hard things...We have to be willing to stand up for that. In principle, we have to be willing to speak up, and we have to be willing to say no to funding if it's going to constrain our ability to pursue the truth.”
Happy National Poetry Month! Don't miss this great reading April 22nd celebrating the landmark Library of America “Latino Poetry” anthology. Honored to read with three other poets from the anthology incl. @alexlregalado.bsky.social @moralesjuanj.bsky.social @acevedowrite.bsky.social! #poetry
March 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Happy National Poetry Month! Don't miss this great reading April 22nd celebrating the landmark Library of America “Latino Poetry” anthology. Honored to read with three other poets from the anthology incl. @alexlregalado.bsky.social @moralesjuanj.bsky.social @acevedowrite.bsky.social! #poetry
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Must watch. Volume up!
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
March 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Must watch. Volume up!
While researching for a Maine residency.
TIL it's just "KATAHDIN," and NOT "Mount Katahdin,"
because the name is Abenaki for "great mountain."
"Mount Great Mountain" is dumb. The US Board on Geographic Names messed it up in 1893 for generations.
Will add that to the idiocy of the "Schuykill River."
TIL it's just "KATAHDIN," and NOT "Mount Katahdin,"
because the name is Abenaki for "great mountain."
"Mount Great Mountain" is dumb. The US Board on Geographic Names messed it up in 1893 for generations.
Will add that to the idiocy of the "Schuykill River."
March 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
While researching for a Maine residency.
TIL it's just "KATAHDIN," and NOT "Mount Katahdin,"
because the name is Abenaki for "great mountain."
"Mount Great Mountain" is dumb. The US Board on Geographic Names messed it up in 1893 for generations.
Will add that to the idiocy of the "Schuykill River."
TIL it's just "KATAHDIN," and NOT "Mount Katahdin,"
because the name is Abenaki for "great mountain."
"Mount Great Mountain" is dumb. The US Board on Geographic Names messed it up in 1893 for generations.
Will add that to the idiocy of the "Schuykill River."
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social has a great point about Adrian Brody's bloated Oscar speech and the undervalued power of screenwriting in Hollywood.
March 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social has a great point about Adrian Brody's bloated Oscar speech and the undervalued power of screenwriting in Hollywood.