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.
