Stephen Bone – Victorian Jet

Victorian Jet

In the display cabinet
an assortment of Victorian jet.
Brooches and lockets

laid out on a velvet tray,
like small fossils

of grief.

First published on Clear Poetry

Stephen Bone’s first collection, In The Cinema was published by Playdead Press in 2014. A pamphlet, Plainsong published by Indigo Dreams 2018.