The Bluestone Review 2020

The Bluestone Review 2020

Poetry

With all the new flowers in bloom. I love the smell of the air, I love the feeling of the sun, I love the fizziness of my hair, And the many hills that I can run. Nature makes me happy, Nature makes me feel at home. Nature makes me sappy, And it is where my children will roam.

Nature is pure and innocent, Just like the child in my class. Nature is purely magnificent, Just like the person staring into the looking glass. Nature is beautiful, and so are you, Your eyes are the old trees, The owls sit on and hoo. Your ears are the whistling wind, That continually rings.

Your smile is the sunshine, That makes my heart sing. Child, nature is beautiful, but so are you, And that will never change, No matter what you do. Timepieces By Monty Gilmer (A found poem consisting of quotations from Edward Gorey and Christina Ros- setti) The grandfather clock Has a face, but no mouth there; A timepiece may lose,

But cannot win; a watch has Hands, but no thumb or finger. A Day in a Teacher’s Life By Hannah Griffin What an interesting day it has been

So very odd to most people, where to begin… I taught, and I hugged, and I wiped away tears I mentored and counseled, I acknowledged fears Patching hearts that are filled with holes Pushing students to achieve dreams and reach for their goals Each day, I am tired, and I am spent

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