Contra

Scan is to skim or examine closely.

Feb 4 • Shannon Ratliff

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January 2026

Homunculi

We used to think life could be coaxed if you assembled the right materials and watched closely enough.

Jan 29 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 02

Art’s embarrassing,

Jan 22 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Body and the Weather

There was once a woman who learned the day through her muscles first.

Jan 15 • Shannon Ratliff

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when did you go offline?

We all agreed, golden hour is still broad daylight.

Jan 7 • Shannon Ratliff

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December 2025

On 2025

Retrospective and minimal in a really big way

Dec 31, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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Anyway

Mary Oliver’s optimism pissed me off while I was on my period.

Dec 18, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Creature of the Face

The world embeds its signals, no matter the species.

Dec 10, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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Ouroboros

The serpent doesn’t circle you. It circles all of it.

Dec 3, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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November 2025

Haiku 01

The hours leer at me

Nov 20, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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You must come to art

who says they say

Nov 12, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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The House & the World

In the house there was me, and outside the house there was the world, and every morning I had to choose a door.

Nov 6, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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