Bluesky Quarterly Review (2026) #1

January-March 2026

 

A compendium of poems posted on Bluesky in the first quarter of 2026:

 

 

Tasting of lipstick

and nylon –

the kiss that crackled.

 

***

 

Adding cream

to coffee –

first light.

 

***

 

Weaving long,

languid circles – a fly

simply flying.

 

***

 

Low dip and drip –

oars gently echoing

early morning air.

 

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Leaves gently rising

– a soft wind

stirs the ash.

 

***

 

Along the shoreline –

a plover passing

in and out of view.

 

***

 

Raised by the wind –

tattered remnants

of a bleached tricolour.

 

***

 

Final curtain call –

savouring the scent

of greasepaint and roses.

 

***

 

Port of embarkation –

fond farewells and

left luggage.

 

***

 

Moth meditating

merging

into the leaf.

 

***

 

Still trying

to climb this mountain

in my smooth-soled shoes.

 

***

 

Reflecting

in the ripples –

evening rain.

 

***

 

Circling the sea

and summer sky –

a lone albatross.

 

***

 

Softly alighting

on water –

a feather drifting on.

 

***

 

Cutting clean

across my lens –

blurredkingfisherflash.

 

***

 

Speaking

without words –

her black-veiled lips.

 

***

 

Ice cold surge of

seawater, glimmering

across the sand.

 

***

 

Slumped scarecrow,

taking wing –

a murder of crows.

 

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A paper lantern –

the only moon

to light the way.

 

***

 

Winter sun’s

weak glare –

clock chimes.

 

***

 

Morning blue –

moon fading

into cloud.

 

***

 

UV cream

melting into

the melanoma scar.

 

***

 

Lamplight

slowly merging

into dawn.

 

***

 

Leaf litter –

softly filtering sound

from the flow.

 

***

 

Salt sheen –

riptide and rock

savouring the raw.

 

***

 

Day’s end –

we realise it’s one of

our anniversaries.

 

Martin Parr - Bored Couple New Brighton England (1983-85) The Last Resort