I had forgotten how much I enjoyed receiving a great poem emailed to me through poem-a-day and discovering new poets to enjoy. Today, as the poem's narrator states, I do "need a break from dread." I admire how even though the poem begins by telling us no one was hurt, I still didn't expect the precise details or the clear visualization of the dog at the poem's ending.
Click on the link to hear the poet read “Mercury”: https://poets.org/poem/mercury.
For the first prompt, write a narrative poem that begins by telling the story's end (that no one was hurt or that someone was or that someone died). Focus on the building of details to bring about a satisfactory conclusion.
The second prompt is to use the line “no one seems to be at the wheel” for a ghostline. Remember to erase the line after drafting the poem and credit the poet perhaps in an after statement or the title.
A third prompt is to write a poem entitled “Mercury” that incorporates the car model, the metal and the planet. Bonus points if you include the fact that mercury, the only metal liquid at room temperature, tarnishes in humidity.
For the last, write a poem using the following list of words: “buttons,” “brake,” “mercury,” “speed,” “leveled,” “break,” “wheel,” “circles,” “circuitry” and “living.”
Bonus prompt: write whatever this photo inspires.
Good luck writing.