
Metaphysical Unfolds
24 Variations - Presence - Absence - Echo
J. A. Gucci(Author)
Pressure System Press
Published on 9. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
38 pages
978-1-972788-23-3 (ISBN)
Description
Metaphysical Unfolds: 24 Variations - Presence · Absence · Echo is a sequence of structurally composed poems exploring transformation, residue, and perceptual change across physical and conceptual systems. Organized through the recurring terms Presence, Absence, and Echo, each variation establishes a condition, alters or removes it, and traces what remains.
Rather than relying on narrative or metaphorical explanation, the poems operate through compression, recurrence, and structural relation. Natural phenomena, physical processes, sound, light, motion, and material interactions function as observable systems through which meaning emerges.
Across twenty-four variations, the work examines disappearance, repetition, inversion, recursion, and trace. No single poem resolves the system independently; meaning accumulates through variation across the sequence.
Minimal, atmospheric, and formally constrained, Metaphysical Unfolds presents poetry as a field of structural transformations rather than symbolic interpretation. Part of the Unfolds Series, the work explores how presence changes under pressure, how absence alters perception, and how echoes persist after transformation.
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Edition
Standard ed.
Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
63 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-972788-23-3 (9781972788233)
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