{"product_id":"structural-haiku-forty-absolute-compositions-9781972788356","title":"Structural Haiku: Forty Absolute Compositions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull Description for IngramSpark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStructural Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of forty formally constrained compositions organized through inversional variations of the traditional haiku structure. Divided into three movements-Ecological Systems, Cosmological Systems, and Abyssal Systems-the collection explores transformation through pressure, fracture, light, motion, residue, and perceptual change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach composition is governed by a triadic relational structure, such as \u003cem\u003eSurface → Penetration → Stain\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThreshold → Passage → Vanishing\u003c\/em\u003e, through which meaning emerges from arrangement rather than narrative explanation. The poems move through terrestrial weather systems, geological instability, celestial phenomena, and concealed oceanic environments, constructing a poetics of transition, compression, and structural relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmploying root position and inversional syllabic architectures derived from traditional haiku, \u003cem\u003eStructural Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e reinterprets the form as a system of compositional transformation. The language is minimal yet materially precise, emphasizing environmental observation, instability, resonance, and atmospheric perception over personal confession or symbolic abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending poetic restraint with structural experimentation, \u003cem\u003eStructural Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e presents a sequence of absolute compositions in which relation itself becomes the primary expressive force. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pressure System Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972788356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.12d","brand":"J. A. Gucci","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733996859573,"sku":"9781972788356","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/structural-haiku-forty-absolute-compositions-9781972788356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}