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Twelve Small Windows (Student Edition): Short Poems for Seeing Clearly
Paperback
Series: Twelve
Publisher: Pressure System Press
Published: Mar 1 2026
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.07 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Twelve Small Windows is a collection of short, observational poems written for middle school readers. Each poem focuses on a real, physical phenomenon-light, water, animals, weather, motion-presented with precision and restraint. There is no metaphor or symbolic substitution; the poems rely on careful attention to how things actually appear, change, and return.
The collection is organized around a structural concept called paradox triads, sets of three related ideas that quietly shape the movement of each poem. These triads are not explained within the poems themselves but guide their internal logic, encouraging readers to notice patterns, contradictions, and transformations in the world around them.
Designed for classroom and individual reading, Twelve Small Windows supports slow reading, discussion, and creative response. It is suitable for poetry units, interdisciplinary study, and readers who are developing close observation and descriptive writing skills.
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