Since Communiversity was held during National Poetry Month, members of the Town Topics team collected poetry submissions from school children attending the town wide celebration last month. Olivia Tague, 8, a second grader at Littlebrook Elementary School, submitted such a colorful piece that we include it here as received. In addition, here are five poems from Landon Pesnell, 5, who attends Nassau Nursery School; Thomsen Lord, 7, a second grader at Riverside Elementary School; Ellie van der Schaar, a third grader at Princeton Charter School, and John Witherspoon Middle School eighth grader John Evered, 14. The theme of each poem is “What Princeton Means to Me.”

The Poems

The True Meaning of Princeton

by John Evered

Through the hardship of winter

The warmth of spring

And joyful summer memories

The glorious overcast of leafs

Every color

The sap of the tree

From bikers to joggers

Explorers to teachers

Expressions to a gesture

The mystical horizon

The bright futures

The promising opportunities

The comforting hospitality

Diligent neighbors

Outdoor celebrations

From ethnicity to accent

Country to country

Foreign land to American soil

Unity.

Helpful tutors to helpful friends

Hard workers

Determination.

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Princeton

by Thomsen Lord

Sports, sky and shops. Bordering

Bigs like New York City and Philadelphia

Not too busy. Not too quiet. Tons

of popular restaurants. All the importants

like banks and two gas stations.

I love Princeton!

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The Best Town Around

by Ellie van der Schaar

Princeton is best of all
places

I would please to be,

Friendly faces

As far as the eye can see.

Grocery stores,

Fashion galores!

Family parks,

Relationship sparks!

Delicious food,

Brightens your mood!

Nature surrounds, all over town

Princeton is the

BEST

Town around!

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What Princeton Means to Me

by Landon Pesnell

Inspired by his walks home from Grover Park near the Princeton Shopping Center, where he prefers to use his puddle boots in the mud instead of staying on the path, Landon Pesnell, 5, composed this shorter-than-haiku work:

Princeton means to me

Off Roading!

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