Haunted Poems: An Architecture of Absence

By J. A. Gucci

Haunted Poems: An Architecture of Absence
by J. A. Gucci

Haunted Poems is not a book of ghosts. It's a book of systems-compressed events where perception, voice, and presence strain against themselves without resolution.

Structured through paradox triads and expressive modes, each poem becomes a high-pressure field where logic fractures, sensation flickers, and meaning remains suspended. Rather than unfolding through narrative or lyric explanation, these pieces operate at the edge of language-where silence is structural and absence exerts force.

The collection is divided into three sections, each governed by its own triadic tension:

Event Horizon: Presence / Signal / Refusal

Apparitional Systems: Voice / Transmission / Disappearance

Trace Index: Impulse / Detour / Trace

Built on a unique poetic architecture, this book challenges the reader to construct coherence, not consume it. There are no tidy interpretations here. Each poem is a site-of decay, friction, or false arrival.

Ideal for readers of conceptual poetics, hauntological texts, or minimalist form, Haunted Poems resists categorization. It invites re-reading, scholarly attention, and inhabitation without guarantees.

"You are not being told a story.
You are inside a malfunctioning machine.
It is beautiful. It is breaking.
It is recording you."

An Instructor Edition is also available, including triadic scaffolds and trace notes for classroom use.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GL6551CH
• ISBN13: 9798246640593
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"