Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork

Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork
First edition
Author	Richard Brautigan
Cover artist	Erik Weber
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Poetry
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	1976
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	127
ISBN	0-671-22263-5
OCLC	2006053
Dewey Decimal	811/.5/4
LC Class	PS3503.R2736 L6

Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork is Richard Brautigan's ninth poetry publication. Published in 1976, the book includes 127 poems.^[1] The four line title poem discusses the effort and interest in undertaking an obviously impossible task, such as loading the liquid metal Mercury using only a pitchfork.

   Loading mercury with a pitchfork
   your truck is almost full. The neighbors
   take a certain pride in you. They
        stand around watching.
"Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork" (1971)^[1]

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External links

References

↑ Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork entry on Brautigan website

Works by Richard Brautigan

Bibliography Category

Novels	A Confederate General from Big Sur (1964) Trout Fishing in America (1967) In Watermelon Sugar (1968) The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 (1971) The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western (1974) Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery (1975) Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel (1976) Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 (1977) The Tokyo-Montana Express (1980) So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (1982) An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey (1994)

Poetry collections	The Return of the Rivers (1958) The Galilee Hitch-Hiker (1958) Lay the Marble Tea (1959) The Octopus Frontier (1960) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (1967) Please Plant This Book (1968) The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (1968) Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt (1970) Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork (1971) June 30th, June 30th (1978) The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings (1999)

Poems	"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace"

Short story collections	Revenge of the Lawn (1971)

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