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Twelve Mirrors: A System of Perception
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781972788134
Publisher: Pressure System Press
Published: May 1 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Twelve Mirrors: A System of Perception is a collection of twelve tightly constructed poems built on a precise underlying method. Rather than telling stories or expressing ideas directly, each poem functions as a reflective system-presenting images that interact across three implicit dimensions: the physical, the cognitive, and the ontological.
The reader is not guided through interpretation but placed inside it. Meaning does not sit on the page; it emerges through engagement. Each poem becomes a perceptual loop, requiring the reader to complete the circuit.
Rooted in a disciplined compositional framework yet stripped of explanation, Twelve Mirrors bridges poetry, philosophy, and structural design. It offers a new way of writing-and reading-where clarity is achieved not through statement, but through alignment.
Ideal for students, educators, and readers interested in form, perception, and innovative poetic systems, this collection doubles as both a work of art and a tool for deeper inquiry into how meaning is constructed.
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