“Smithtown In The Year 3000” Smithtown Matters/ Smithtown Youth Bureau’s creative writing contest- Poetry winning entry and Honorable Mention entry.
Winning entry - Alexandria Soldo
Predicate
I hope in the far flung future
When what we love and cherish
Can be passed on to a promising generation
Growing and learning under the watchful eyes
Of the proud copper bull
Exploring as I have beside the Nissequogue River
Through forests that we must protect
As one devoted to the preservation of our wildlife
Down the long lane where once
Horse drawn carriages paraded past
That we can honor our history and look to the future
Encourage change and change for the better
As we move on down dirt trodden paths
Looking to the branches above
Reaching infinitely towards the sky
We must take the tree’s example
Never stop growing and believe one day
You will reach your goal
Honorable Mention - Michaela Oliverio
The year is 3000.
The sky is bluer, the grass is greener, The streets are much cleaner. Population has expanded, And cars that used to park, have now landed.
The brain of society has grown, Now we have all answers to the once unknown. Old restaurants and shopping centers, Have now become places only automatons can enter.
Smithtown’s become a place of hocus pocus, Because technology and magic is the main focus. People go through their day, Without a worry in the way.
Fear and anxiety is ancient history, We flourish with technology that deletes our misery. The year 3000 is something we’ve never seen before, More advancements are knocking at our door.
“Town of Smithtown in the Year 3000.”