Sparking Gun

killing aliens
friction magic creates jolts
of light sparking out

magniloquent fire
taking out the enemy
childish mind engaged

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Does anyone else remember these? I wish I still had one. No batteries required!

Ben’s prompt guidelines

There once was a prompt named “W3”
Calling writers of the world to see
How, mechanics gets hazy
When mechanisms go crazy
As this prompt shifts ‘gears’, suddenly!

This week, I invite you to step into a world of old-timey wonders—where cogs spin, gears click, and imagination runs on steam.

Picture a player piano humming to life…
A snow globe that sings and twirls…
A zeppelin drifting lazily across the sky…
Or the steady chug of a locomotive on the tracks.

We’re diving into vintage mechanical marvels: music boxes, paddle steamers, tractor engines, grandfather clocks, fob watches, steamships, penny-farthings—you name it. You can focus on one or weave together a chorus of whirring inventions in your verse.

Your challenge:
Craft a poem inspired by these bygone mechanisms—let your mind whirl and tick with poetic possibility. And here’s the twist: be sure to include the word magniloquent somewhere in your poem!

W3 Prompt #168: Wea’ve Written Weekly