The Bluestone Review Spring 2022

Puzzling By Monty Gilmer A lonely widow, Drowning in Sorrow, considers Crosswords her Lifesaver.

Novel Tanka By Monty Gilmer

Nineteenth-century Farmhouse for sale. The seller Disclosed, “Honeybees In walls.” Hundreds of thousands Of bees living in the walls!

No Longer Here by Pastor Jim Simmons Every day my loved one walks into the room And once again I say goodbye. Their body is here, but their mind Has slipped away as though it has died. I try to remember better days. The stress of the moment steals those memories away. No one comes to visit. No one comes to stay. I slowly slip into darkness, alone every day. The conversations that once filled our lives no longer exist. They have disappeared to the great by & by. The person I loved and shared life with Has said goodbye with one last soft touching kiss. I wait for the day when from this death my love will awaken And from me will never again be taken.

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