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Writing poems about presidential elections

by Michael Ruby

In the newsroom, Inauguration Day 2017
In the newsroom, Inauguration Day 2017

Many American poets have written poems about presidential elections, and many are likely to write about this 2020 election, which was frightening. For years, I have written poems about elections, some of which can be found in my recently published book, The Star-Spangled Banner, including the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 elections. I took somewhat different approaches in these poems, which are linked here to recordings on PennSound.

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