Your poem was listed under the VIP section of "Poetry Review Garden [on hiatus]"  and I'm here to deliver to you my review. Also, this review is part of your Extravagant Surprise package from {item{22700000}.

          "When having the blues..." is a good choice of title. It will certainly tickle the interest of the readers to read your piece and know the answers When having the blues. Your description provides ambiguous impact for readers whether it is the poem itself is bad or the theme. But it's not that bad since it also triggers the curiosity of readers to read on and find out.

          I like it you give a little advice on the very first line that when feeling blue, don't watch the news. I agree because news can only make your emotion rise. Most especially when it tackles on education. As you mentioned here in this piece, "teachers striking | and everyone fighting | kids skipping school", these could only make the news worse and in turn worsen your feeling. You also have some bolded words or lines in here. Is it a prompt from a contest or any writing activity?

          It's a free verse poem with no set meter but with occasional end rhymes.

          The imagery is clear especially on the lines where you said "There's wind from the west | That's being a pest".

          I detected no grammatical error but I found one typographical error. I believe the second line "With teaches striking" should be "With teachers striking". Also the question mark (?) on the last line doesn't seem to be necessary in there.

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          It will be better if you put some notes about the bolded words and lines about why they are bolded.

I would like to also suggest that you remove the word "Because" on the fifth line because it somehow destructs the smooth flow of your piece.

          It's a good piece and I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing it. Write on!