http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/authors/ralph-hancock/ Recent content in Ralph Hancock on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/4/poem/ Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/4/poem/ Ralph Hancock with this issue’s poem. This poem appears in the Web magazine Living Poets , Volume 1, Number VII, April 1996. It is reprinted by permission of the editor. Aurelia Aurita Chrysaora Isosceles Aurelia aurita, four violet rings in jelly, one olympic ring short, trailing lips; four holes in a Celtic cross, ring traps in a lobster pot, food in, stays in, sea-coloured belly. Chrysaora isosceles, opaque cloud of browns, long tentacles of tissue paper streamers, lung preserved in brine.