This week features poems by the current poet laureates of the states where the US presidential election hangs in the balance - Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin (note that putting the word state in quotes is less about the states themselves than the poets, listen to the episode and it should make sense). 

Exquisite Politics by Denise Duhamel

A House Divided by Kyle Dargan.

One Vote by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. This actually came from a list of poems the Academy of American Poets put together for 2020, which includes a number of poems not on the 2016 list (the 2020 list also includes poems for self-care, which seems like a good idea). You can see this list here.

Old South Meeting House by January Gill O'Neil.

Election Day, November, 1884 by Walt Whitman.

A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Rios.

A week of poems for Election Day, from a collection put together by the American Academy of Poets. Make sure you vote on Tuesday (if you've not already voted)!

 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Lenore by Edgar Allan Poe