29 April 2006 | Vol. 6, No. 1
Aziz Salih Al-Numan (K♦)
Postcards from Eugene
suggestive of definition
fate, an odor
from the table beside me
green waves
lapping the scarred bulkhead
jarring its silence
whisked steelhead
finding their way, the persistence
of disco
a woman I kissed
the morning fog
dissipating
as it rolls from my mouth
About the author:
Jeff Encke's work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Black Warrior Review, Colorado Review, Double Room, Fence, Poet Lore, Quarterly West, Salt Hill, Tarpaulin Sky, and 3rd Bed, among others. He has taught creative writing and literary criticism at both Columbia University in New York and Richard Hugo House in Seattle.
"Aziz Salih Al-Numan," "Latif Nusayyif Jasim Al-Dulaymi," and "Sa'd Abdul-Majid Al-Faisal Al-Tikriti" are part of a book-length series entitled Most Wanted; each addresses a figure from the Iraq's Most Wanted deck published by the Department of Defense in March 2003. Short phrases from these poems also appear on the playing cards of a custom-designed deck, which has been included in several exhibitions, including a visual poetry show at Harvard University in March 2005. Additional information about the project is available online at http://www.matlub.net/fulldeck.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Jeff Encke at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 6, No. 1, where "Aziz Salih Al-Numan (K♦)" ran on April 29, 2006. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
