Tag: jones falls

buried alive

an idyll
from the chattolanee dome of billion year old gneiss
cutting into half billion year old marble
through ghosts of volcanoes and coastal alluvium
to the estuary marsh,
blue veins in a breast gathering
dipping pond and deep and slaughterhouse and moores
rowland and towson and western
cold spring,
raccoon king fisher possum heron bear woodpecker
fox owl deer hawk bobcat parakeet beaver crane,
swimming holes and fishing spots and baptisms
fords and foot bridges and races.
a night terror
persecuted churning bridges walls
roiling horses cattle pigs carts carriages
floating furniture barrels timber humans.
an essence
what we will

jones falls and shot tower at sunrise
(in 1817 one of the worst of several severe foods resulting from the mismanagement of jones falls occurred)

back inhabitants

horse, cart, and wagon
clatter over the public bridge
between meadow and marsh
over the stream.
from west and north and east
spinners and weavers, tanners, millers and brewers
barbers and tailors and shoemakers
coopers and wheelwrights and carpenters
butchers and bakers
laborers.
midwives

freeway at sunrise
(jones town and baltimore town, connected by a public bridge over jones falls near gay street, merged in 1745 and were becoming a center of activity for colonists in counties to the north and west)

james run jones falls

volcanos in the ocean
build paradises
that fall to pieces
and re-emerge
to be washed away
and re-emerge

jones falls at sunrise
(the lower falls of jones falls carve through rock formed over 490 million years ago, during one of several mountain building events from colliding plates–volcanic island arcs were also formed)