Twelve Atmospheres: Observational Poems

By J A Gucci

Twelve Atmospheres: Observational Poems is a collection of twelve compressed poems built from the physical behavior of weather and environmental systems.

A steam devil moves through frosted reeds. Lightning leaves a surface charred. Clay cracks under drought. Ice fog obscures direction. A tornado twists through changing air. Rain disappears before reaching the ground.

Each poem begins with something that can be observed.

Rather than asking weather to stand for something else, Twelve Atmospheres asks readers to examine what is physically present: movement, temperature, pressure, light, moisture, force, and changes in matter. Words, punctuation, line breaks, and space become part of that observation, compressing complex processes into brief poetic structures.

Written for middle school readers, the collection brings poetry and environmental science into conversation while encouraging close observation, systems thinking, and structural reading. Readers are invited to begin not with hidden meaning, but with evidence:

What moves?

What changes?

What disappears?

What remains?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1972788701
• ISBN13: 9781972788707
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Pressure System Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"