Valois J Vera
@criplyrical.bsky.social
Disabled Diasporican. Poet. Activist. Author. He/They
📖 "Love, Liberation, and OtherLongings" (Read or Green Books, 2024)
https://linktr.ee/ValoisVera
📖 "Love, Liberation, and OtherLongings" (Read or Green Books, 2024)
https://linktr.ee/ValoisVera
I poet as truth, as love, as liberation. I poet as instruction, as comfort, as medicine. I poet as resistance, as defiance, as breath. I poet as birth, as life, as death. #poetry
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I poet as truth, as love, as liberation. I poet as instruction, as comfort, as medicine. I poet as resistance, as defiance, as breath. I poet as birth, as life, as death. #poetry
Disability Pride is brown and caramel and butterscotch and chocolate. Disability Pride is multilingual and multinational and multicultural. Disability Pride is seed and harvest and provision. Disability Pride is warrior and want and wound. Disability Pride is Immigrant.
July 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Disability Pride is brown and caramel and butterscotch and chocolate. Disability Pride is multilingual and multinational and multicultural. Disability Pride is seed and harvest and provision. Disability Pride is warrior and want and wound. Disability Pride is Immigrant.
If i can leave behind one good thing, let it be a righteous example of Disability Pride.
#DisabilityPrideMonth
#DisabilityPrideMonth
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If i can leave behind one good thing, let it be a righteous example of Disability Pride.
#DisabilityPrideMonth
#DisabilityPrideMonth
Reposted by Valois J Vera
BREAKING: Texas officials are blaming bad weather forecasts for deadly floods.
But let’s rewind—Trump gutted the National Weather Service. Slashed funding. Fired experts. Ignored every warning.
Now people are dead.
THIS is what happens when you let idiots dismantle public safety.
But let’s rewind—Trump gutted the National Weather Service. Slashed funding. Fired experts. Ignored every warning.
Now people are dead.
THIS is what happens when you let idiots dismantle public safety.
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
BREAKING: Texas officials are blaming bad weather forecasts for deadly floods.
But let’s rewind—Trump gutted the National Weather Service. Slashed funding. Fired experts. Ignored every warning.
Now people are dead.
THIS is what happens when you let idiots dismantle public safety.
But let’s rewind—Trump gutted the National Weather Service. Slashed funding. Fired experts. Ignored every warning.
Now people are dead.
THIS is what happens when you let idiots dismantle public safety.
I wasn't born with Disability Pride. I bled for it. I cried for it. I fought for it. I've endured too much to let this system erase my Disability Pride.
July 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I wasn't born with Disability Pride. I bled for it. I cried for it. I fought for it. I've endured too much to let this system erase my Disability Pride.
Disability Pride has NO borders, NO wars, NO hatred, NO king.
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Disability Pride has NO borders, NO wars, NO hatred, NO king.
To all Disabled, Neurodiverse, Chronically ill, Sick, Spoonie, Mad, and Deaf kin, HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
To all Disabled, Neurodiverse, Chronically ill, Sick, Spoonie, Mad, and Deaf kin, HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!
Reposted by Valois J Vera
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
‼️‼️
June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
I've been away for a bit, so just a quick note to say "hello" If you're into poetry and revolution, follow me.
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I've been away for a bit, so just a quick note to say "hello" If you're into poetry and revolution, follow me.
"My Words, My Voice:" A generative and interactive workshop space designed to explore, discuss, and create poetry as a tool for reclaiming and proclaiming agency, narrative, and power.
Thursday, April 17, 4pm CDT
UNT Center for Belonging and Engagement, Union 335 (in person)
All are welcome!
Thursday, April 17, 4pm CDT
UNT Center for Belonging and Engagement, Union 335 (in person)
All are welcome!
March 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"My Words, My Voice:" A generative and interactive workshop space designed to explore, discuss, and create poetry as a tool for reclaiming and proclaiming agency, narrative, and power.
Thursday, April 17, 4pm CDT
UNT Center for Belonging and Engagement, Union 335 (in person)
All are welcome!
Thursday, April 17, 4pm CDT
UNT Center for Belonging and Engagement, Union 335 (in person)
All are welcome!
If you're in the Denton area tomorrow (Saturday, March 22), stop by the Indie Author Festival at the legendary @patchoulijoes ... I'll be there with all three of my books + some free goodies.
I will be offering my collections for significantly reduced prices, so come by and say hello.
I will be offering my collections for significantly reduced prices, so come by and say hello.
March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you're in the Denton area tomorrow (Saturday, March 22), stop by the Indie Author Festival at the legendary @patchoulijoes ... I'll be there with all three of my books + some free goodies.
I will be offering my collections for significantly reduced prices, so come by and say hello.
I will be offering my collections for significantly reduced prices, so come by and say hello.
PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATION
"Sing Me a Broken Song" speaks to the beauty and resilience of our community... it is a call to all Disabled people to continue to push forward.
I am honored to receive this Pushcart Prize Nomination and thrilled that THIS is the poem that garnered the recognition.
"Sing Me a Broken Song" speaks to the beauty and resilience of our community... it is a call to all Disabled people to continue to push forward.
I am honored to receive this Pushcart Prize Nomination and thrilled that THIS is the poem that garnered the recognition.
November 25, 2024 at 12:06 AM
PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATION
"Sing Me a Broken Song" speaks to the beauty and resilience of our community... it is a call to all Disabled people to continue to push forward.
I am honored to receive this Pushcart Prize Nomination and thrilled that THIS is the poem that garnered the recognition.
"Sing Me a Broken Song" speaks to the beauty and resilience of our community... it is a call to all Disabled people to continue to push forward.
I am honored to receive this Pushcart Prize Nomination and thrilled that THIS is the poem that garnered the recognition.
If the poem is personal, and the personal is political, the poet must be the path. #WriteTheRevolution
November 14, 2024 at 3:01 AM
If the poem is personal, and the personal is political, the poet must be the path. #WriteTheRevolution
Hi! I am a Disabled, Puerto Rican Poet, Author, and Cultural Worker out of so-called TX. I'm looking to connect with like-minded poets + activists + disruptors.
November 13, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Hi! I am a Disabled, Puerto Rican Poet, Author, and Cultural Worker out of so-called TX. I'm looking to connect with like-minded poets + activists + disruptors.
"Poetry is medicine; it is comfort to the weary, hope to the broken"
Valois J Vera
November 7, 2024 at 6:16 AM
"Poetry is medicine; it is comfort to the weary, hope to the broken"
Valois J Vera
No surprise. This is Amerikkka.
November 6, 2024 at 7:55 AM
No surprise. This is Amerikkka.
Calling all DISRUPTORS! Meet us at We, the People: a virtual rally featuring movement workers who will inform and provide calls to action, poets who will recite/perform poetic medicine, and an artist painting live!
Sat Oct 12
3pm CDT
Register in advance
bit.ly/TheVirtualRa...
Come through!
Sat Oct 12
3pm CDT
Register in advance
bit.ly/TheVirtualRa...
Come through!
October 7, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Calling all DISRUPTORS! Meet us at We, the People: a virtual rally featuring movement workers who will inform and provide calls to action, poets who will recite/perform poetic medicine, and an artist painting live!
Sat Oct 12
3pm CDT
Register in advance
bit.ly/TheVirtualRa...
Come through!
Sat Oct 12
3pm CDT
Register in advance
bit.ly/TheVirtualRa...
Come through!
Join us for the release of my third poetry collection “Love, Liberation, and Other Longings.”
Saturday night (September 21), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time, via Zoom (access link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8622049805...
Meeting ID: 862 2049 8050
Passcode: 344153
Come through for a night of poetry!
Saturday night (September 21), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time, via Zoom (access link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8622049805...
Meeting ID: 862 2049 8050
Passcode: 344153
Come through for a night of poetry!
September 19, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Join us for the release of my third poetry collection “Love, Liberation, and Other Longings.”
Saturday night (September 21), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time, via Zoom (access link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8622049805...
Meeting ID: 862 2049 8050
Passcode: 344153
Come through for a night of poetry!
Saturday night (September 21), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time, via Zoom (access link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8622049805...
Meeting ID: 862 2049 8050
Passcode: 344153
Come through for a night of poetry!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #957,947
September 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #957,947
Writing the Revolution is a generative, interactive space designed to explore, discuss, and create poetry as a tool for political and social justice.
Join us on Weds, Aug 28, 7pm CDT via Zoom
Register to attend here:
bit.ly/WRITINGTHERE...
ALL poets, writers, creatives, and disruptors welcomed.
Join us on Weds, Aug 28, 7pm CDT via Zoom
Register to attend here:
bit.ly/WRITINGTHERE...
ALL poets, writers, creatives, and disruptors welcomed.
August 26, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Writing the Revolution is a generative, interactive space designed to explore, discuss, and create poetry as a tool for political and social justice.
Join us on Weds, Aug 28, 7pm CDT via Zoom
Register to attend here:
bit.ly/WRITINGTHERE...
ALL poets, writers, creatives, and disruptors welcomed.
Join us on Weds, Aug 28, 7pm CDT via Zoom
Register to attend here:
bit.ly/WRITINGTHERE...
ALL poets, writers, creatives, and disruptors welcomed.
Cripjoy feels like home
ON a stage
Like care
Like love
ON a stage
Telling tales of truth
Like midnight symphonies
Like rest
Like breathing in community
ON a stage
Like righteous rage
Like representation
Like reunion
Like liberation
ON a stage
ON a stage
Like care
Like love
ON a stage
Telling tales of truth
Like midnight symphonies
Like rest
Like breathing in community
ON a stage
Like righteous rage
Like representation
Like reunion
Like liberation
ON a stage
August 12, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Cripjoy feels like home
ON a stage
Like care
Like love
ON a stage
Telling tales of truth
Like midnight symphonies
Like rest
Like breathing in community
ON a stage
Like righteous rage
Like representation
Like reunion
Like liberation
ON a stage
ON a stage
Like care
Like love
ON a stage
Telling tales of truth
Like midnight symphonies
Like rest
Like breathing in community
ON a stage
Like righteous rage
Like representation
Like reunion
Like liberation
ON a stage
The beauty that is Crip Love is something that can't be imagined, nor studied, nor displayed. Crip Love is a state of existence that can only be experienced by those immersed in the beauty of brokenness.
August 7, 2024 at 2:33 AM
The beauty that is Crip Love is something that can't be imagined, nor studied, nor displayed. Crip Love is a state of existence that can only be experienced by those immersed in the beauty of brokenness.
I'm proud to offer this free digital zine created by Thunder and Lightning Poetry Collective, a group of Disabled BIPOC and Disabled Queer Poets. "Interdependence: Integral to Disability Justice" features the works of five magnificent poets and artists. Enjoy and please share.
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Interdependence Integral to Disability Justice by Thunder and Lightning.pdf
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August 5, 2024 at 4:42 AM
I'm proud to offer this free digital zine created by Thunder and Lightning Poetry Collective, a group of Disabled BIPOC and Disabled Queer Poets. "Interdependence: Integral to Disability Justice" features the works of five magnificent poets and artists. Enjoy and please share.
shorturl.at/29wpb
shorturl.at/29wpb