media – Page 4 – sunrise in a small city

web of miscellany

ink pulsed about under arm on wheels
carried
folded
stacked
smudged.
the print glowed
like embers in a fire
and echoed from person to person
like stories retold

light street at sunrise — (the baltimore sun published its first edition in 1837 from light street)

liberty of the federal republican

silence is treason
and axes, hooks, and other instruments of destruction
have their own noise.
democracy sings
and beating, stabbing, and hot wax
discharge neuromuscular tension.
demagogues gluttons subalterns
trump distinction.
general stricker is not at home, cannot be seen, would do no more

on gay street at sunrise — (in 1812 the federal republican newspaper was destroyed for publishing anti-war commentary)

mary katherine goddard

freshest advices both foreign and domestic
progress of the enemy
intelligence from europe
details of naval engagements
received by last nights mail
and from vessels arrived
reported to the public of baltimore-town.
true stories
current prices
newly open, to be sold, lost, letters left
from the woman at the printing office on market street across from the coffee house
who also delivered the mail through insurrection and war.
only to be dismissed
brand new corrupt government.
with ingratitude incivility injustice beyond description

market place at sunrise — (baltimore town’s first newspaper, started in 1773 on market street, was co-edited by ms. goddard)