When President-elect Barack Obama inspires Tasha Jones to write, the spoken-word artist often reveals more about the politician’s supporters than the man.

Spirited works “A Prayer for Hope — Obama” and “Generation X Saves the World” highlight her current book, “Poet 24/7.”

“The pieces are about the togetherness of the people I worked with during the campaign,” said Jones.

“Prayer for Hope” offers an expansive history lesson stretching from 19th-century Africa to 21st-century America.

“Hope for you has been in every place, spoken in every tongue,” Jones writes.

“Generation X” is a personal celebration for Jones, who trumpets, “swinging the states, changing the world,” within its lines.

As a volunteer for Obama’s campaign efforts in Indiana, Jones said differences in backgrounds and beliefs dissolved among the workers.

“There was a feeling of, ‘As long as you want this person in office, you and I have something in common,’” said Jones. “I think that’s what Obama did. He brought people with a commonality together.”

In addition to working Election Day at a polling site, Jones organized three “Poets for Change” voter-registration events during 2008.

“I decided early on that Barack Obama was my guy, because I thought he was brilliant,” said Jones. “There were times in the election when I thought, ‘Tell them off,’ but he just stayed cool and collected.”

Fellow members of Generation X — the demographic sandwiched between Baby Boomers and Millennials — also impressed Jones during election season. (While the poet won’t disclose her age, she designates herself as an “X-er.”)

Generally defined as people born during the mid-1960s through the late-1970s, Generation X embraced grunge music, Biggie and Tupac, “Friends” and “Pulp Fiction.”

“For a long time, we were told we weren’t capable of doing anything,” said Jones. “We were the generation they X’d out.”

But she said members of her generation nurtured the Internet to become the valuable networking resource that fueled Obama’s campaign.

“We become that which is lacking,” represents a crucial epiphany within “Generation X Saves the World.”

“We don’t necessarily wait to see what’s going to occur,” said Jones. “We do what we need to in order to go to the next place. ‘We don’t have it? I’ll make it.’ That’s our attitude.”

Now it’s up to 47-year-old baby boomer President-elect Obama, she said.

“My hopes are that he lives up to what he said he’s going to do, regardless of his brilliance and regardless of his color,” said Jones. “We need to hold his feet to the fire.”

After performing as part of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. program at the Indiana History Center, Jones will fly to Washington to attend Tuesday’s presidential inauguration.

“I’m going to watch with my video camera — look at everybody and meet new people,” she said.

And maybe even be inspired to write a new poem.