We hope you’ll enjoy these pieces from 49 Writers, featuring Rusted Lumps of Luck by Wendy Booker of Wasilla, Buds and the Golden Shovel by Tamara Holman of Soldotna and The Truth About A Wave by Scott Banks of Anchorage.

RUSTED LUMPS OF LUCK 

By Wendy Brooker of Wasilla

Rusted lumps of luck 

dwell deep in horseshoe iron 

Welcome chance and charm 

BUDS AND THE GOLDEN SHOVEL 

after Nora Marks Dauenhauer

By Tamara Holman of Soldotna

Warm April hike, all 

forest beings’ breath bated. First sign of 

spring’s annual creation 

anticipated. The earth is  

soft, snow melts. Cottonwoods’ puckering 

trunks, topped with 

speckled branches. Tiny buds 

poised. Soon to be exploding 

with life! Air filled with their 

spice. Balsam perfumes 

on warm breezes, intoxicating, 

invigorating, renewing, all 

urging past winter’s darkness. Who 

among the forest doesn’t savor 

winter’s slow fade? This 

magical time is heralded by aroma 

collectively exhaled, hinting of 

the rebirth of spring. 

THE TRUTH ABOUT A WAVE 

By Scott Banks of Anchorage

There’s always another behind it, 

To chase its past up the beach 

In memory of rain.