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title: Winter Survey Poetry of 2017
description: "\"There Once Was a Town with a Query\" and more Winter Survey Poetry by NRC."
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# [Winter Survey Poetry of 2017](https://blog.polco.us/winter-survey-poetry-2017)

 Written by [NRC](https://blog.polco.us/author/nrc) | December 19, 2017

### There Once Was a Town With a Query

-By [Sonya Wytinck](https://www.n-r-c.com/staff/sonya-wytinck-2/)

There once was a town with a query  
 A puzzle that made them quite weary  
 So they took their dilemma  
 To our pro Damema  
 And now the townsfolk are cheery

When making a civic decision  
 It’s best practice to have some precision  
 When you get specific  
 With a poll scientific  
 The results will inspire your vision

If the trust of your townsfolk you're losing  
 And it’s driving your council to boozing  
 Give the people a voice  
 Through a survey, a choice  
 Return staff to nightly deep snoozing

### Forlorn Voices Sigh Haiku

-By [Michelle Kobayashi](https://www.n-r-c.com/staff/michelle-kobayashi-2/)

Forlorn voices sigh  
 Hoping to be heard again  
 Gather them kindly

Public engagement  
 Treasured Friend yet Dreaded Foe  
 Surveys bring promise

Voices of people  
 Swirling through my weary head  
 Tough choices await!

Resident surveys  
 Systematic and random  
 Democracy lives

### There Was a Town That Was Growing

-By [Laurie Urban](https://www.n-r-c.com/staff/laurie-urban/)

There was a Town that was growing  
 But to Town meetings, residents weren't showing  
 Staff shouted "a survey we need!"  
 To see what residents think of this growth speed  
 So a new master plan could get going

Mail, phone or web?  
 Survey methods continually ebb  
 When such decisions abound  
 NRC can be found  
 To provide you the right advice  
 So you don't have to think twice  
 About your survey results being sound.

### Quality of Life Haiku

-By [Angelica Wedell](https://www.n-r-c.com/staff/angelica-wedell/)

Quality of life  
 Must be measured to improve  
 Ergo we survey

Data are not eggs  
 Sitting will not make them hatch  
 Action gets results

Thanks for working with  
 National Research Center  
 Let’s do this again!

### When Starting The NCS

-By [Tom Miller](https://www.n-r-c.com/staff/tom-miller/)

When starting The NCS,  
 Don't feel like it's taking a test.  
 Results help you grow,  
 Learning stuff you don't know,  
 So you can be at your best!

 

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