| Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork | |
| Author: | Richard Brautigan |
| Cover Artist: | Erik Weber |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Release Date: | 1976 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages: | 127 |
| Isbn: | 0-671-22263-5 |
| Dewey: | 811/.5/4 |
| Congress: | PS3503.R2736 L6 |
| Oclc: | 2006053 |
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.