Undercover

Reaching the Depths

False Freedom

by ______

The poem False Freedom is about the character Curley’s wife in the novella Of Mice and Men. It demonstrates entrapment and the feeling of being neglected.

I am ignored and misunderstood

I wonder if my spirit be free again

I hear the faint sounds of buzzing and shouting men

I see the streaks of sunlight climbing up the wall

I want my fame, my fortune, and my freedom

I am ignored and misunderstood

I pretend to rise high above the world

I feel neglected and alone with frustration

I touch the smooth, silk strands atop my head

I worry I will never feel joy once more

I cry inside, but outside I never let my guard down

I am ignored and misunderstood

I understand my life is contained 

I don’t say my opinions

I dream for my former life

I wish for everyone’s eyes to be on me

I hope everyone will finally understand my view  

I am ignored and misunderstood

Sob Poem (The last time I hugged my dad)

by Amber Fulop

My poem is about a moment I want to last forever which is my dad hugging me. My dad’s hugs were always so comforting and made me feel safe. Those hugs made me feel like everything was going to be okay. Now I don’t receive his hugs anymore which makes me sob. I use the word sob in my poem because it shows how I cry everytime I think of my dad hugging me and how I always remember those hugs and how special they were and how my dad would be proud of me for who I am today.

When I was little, my dad was my best friend

My favorite person in the whole world

Waiting for him to come home from work after school 

That was the excitement of my day

I sob everytime I think back to that

I would jump into his arms and give him the biggest hug

I always felt safe and his hugs comforted me not matter what

Those hugs made me feel like everything was going to be okay

All that mattered was that moment 

I sob remembering how his hugs felt 

One day my dad went on a work trip

I hug him once again feeling that special connection

Thinking everything is okay and letting him go 

I didn’t think this would be the last time

I sob and sob to remember those special hugs

Now that I’m older, I realize no one's hugs are like his

He comforted me 

He made me feel that I mattered

I sob wishing for his hug to be there for me

I recognize that I will never get a hug like his

But I know that he is proud of me everyday

It's been almost 5 years since he passed

I look back and I realize I’m grateful for his hugs

I sob with joy thinking of how lucky I am to have experienced his hugs

I appreciate how much he loved me and I sob thinking back to it 

My dad will always be a part of who I am 

I sob because I am proud of the person he made me today

I miss your hugs dad

I sob when remembering how special they were 

But I never forget how brave you told me to always be

I sob to the thought of remembering your comforting hugs 

I love you dad

The Power of Words

by Talia Rosen '26

"The Power of Words" is a poem about the ways that words can help and harm people and the various ways in which words can be used.

They say “Actions speak louder than words”

But what about when the words are the action

When the words you scream or write or sing

Are the action

What about the times when the words are all you have

When you find yourself practicing and perfecting

Because no one seems to listen

Unless the words are perfect

Just the right order

Just the right words

Because without the words

What is there to know?

The words build up around us,

The stroke of the pen across the page

The words slide out of your mind and into the world

Forever imprinted in memory

Words can make

A story of a girl in a castle

A history of all the world

An explanation of the way our universe works

A poem about words

Words 

When used correctly

Change us for the better

When used wrong

They change us for the worse

Words

That thing that’s “mightier than the sword”

Words

That build us up

That tear us down

That is the power of words.