The Sound & the Shape

There was once a woman who heard ice before it spoke.

Sep 20 • Shannon Ratliff

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Tires

How hard it is to kick the tires on the tongue and let the words run and

Sep 13 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 05

Jellyfish learn with

Sep 6 • Shannon Ratliff

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August 2026

Sunflower Whole Wheat

From 2014 when I worked at Great Harvest Bakery in Boulder, CO

Aug 30 • Shannon Ratliff

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On Day 1,373 since, it's

with shivering clarity I see the threshold of the dark, glittering Seine beyond his beautiful head, the arc of bent knee, this chasm behind him and it…

Aug 6 • Shannon Ratliff

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July 2026

Seeker, pt. 2

The second installment of my summer short story™

Jul 17 • Shannon Ratliff

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June 2026

Expiration

It’s not all for naught, it will add up to something. You have to believe it. I’ve to believe it. I do! Incredulous as it makes me, I really do.

Jun 14 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 04

You know it until

Jun 7 • Shannon Ratliff

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Blobs & Globs, No. 01

Everything that bubbled up in May.

Jun 1 • Shannon Ratliff

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May 2026

Seeker, pt. 1

I'm launching a short story in four parts this summer.

May 24 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Search for Wonka

Inspired by John McPhee's The Search for Marvin Gardens.

May 17 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Wrist & the Distance

The daughter kept arriving in forms the mother had not been given instructions for.

May 11 • Shannon Ratliff

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