This article discusses an alternative approach to inflation based on R2 gravity. A non-singular early cosmology is proposed where a bouncing occurs and power-law inflation is obtained. Adding a nonlinear electrodynamics Lagrangian to the high-order action generates this behavior, with the Ricci scalar R acting as the inflaton field. The model presents a Lagrangian and derives the associated energy function and field equations. It finds a solution where the Hubble parameter is related to the matter Lagrangian and time derivative of R.