Readers can expect a selection of powerful verses that evoke feelings of empowerment, hope, and collective responsibility, celebrating the essence of voting as a fundamental right and privilege. 1. The Call of the Ballot. A whisper calls us to rise and be proud. As democracy blooms amidst the crowd. A flame of change, where hope leaves its mark.

This Election Day, we’re providing a selection of poems that we hope can respond in that way only poetry can. Browse these poems and watch the full video at the links below, and don’t forget to vote today .

Sep 25, 2022 · I am a citizen. I must be able to vote. Folks vote to make us free.

Jun 8, 2020 · Below, we introduce ten classic political poems – poems which are ‘political’ on a range of ways, whether because they have become associated with political causes or moments or because they engage with the socio-political times the poet was writing in.

Jan 29, 2023 · In this post, we’ve compiled a list of poems that explore the themes of voting, democracy, and the electoral process. From the excitement of casting a ballot to the weight of political responsibility, these poems capture the full range of emotions that elections can bring out in …

This collection of poems point to the many different kinds of political poems, and the reasons for writing them. Ushering In: U.s. Inaugural Poems JFK requested Frost, Clinton invited Angelou and Miller, and Obama asked Alexander: read the four poems that …

Read five poems written through the lens of each right guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: the freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights to peaceably assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The highly-anticipated 2010 midterm elections are finally here, so let's restore a few shreds of sanity with some poems about voting and the political process. Harriet is exhausted by stale rhetoric, political yakety yak and partisanship, so these poems are organized by interest or affiliation rather than political party.

Voting Poems - Popular examples of all types of voting poetry to share and read. View a list of new poems for VOTING by modern poets.

Here are the four poems from the past—as I posted in Slate on November 17—in response to the 2016 Presidential election. For this Forum, an audio file for each poem. First, Walt Whitman’s “Election Day, 1884” written about the nasty Cleveland–Blaine election of that year.