Best Steampunk Poems

In the copper-clad cradle of time
where gears whir fugues to forgotten dreams.....
the fog—a somnolent specter—drifts.....
veiling the calculus of progress
a manuscript etched by steam and soot.

Hark The hiss of pistons proclaims
a triumph—or perhaps a dirge—
for we have harnessed Hephaestus’ fire
yet grasped not his wisdom.

Verne's visions chart...

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If I was part machine, a steampunk woman, or a steampunk dog, or a steampunk cat,
I would choose to have a machine heart, so I could be less soft. 
So my feelings would not get hurt so easily, so I could
Stop crying inside when people...

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Mr. White Steampunk J. Rabbit at your service,
the distinguished guest said.
I offered to park his gear decorated top hat
from his lovely two-eared head.

But he was in no hurry to get rid of his hat,
an enormous asset to his costume.
I would like to introduce myself wisely,
he...

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The gaseous state of the incensed Chinese’s...

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A tall gothic black, steampunk top hat, 
Hung from a hook by her bed,
Hung in the gloom, of her velvet black room, 
After spending the day on her head,

And it was covered in gears from a motorised clock, 
Goggles, a strap, and a feather,
Made with...

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It is a steampunk wedding, Great-Grandpa, his grandson said.
He had no idea what that meant but found out right away.
It is like Jules Verne’s 20, 000 Leagues under the Sea has come alive!
He could not have been more thrilled if he had thought of it...

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Excited steampunk creators
Designing in dastardly studios and attics
Working with fascinating gears and copper levers
A whole new world envisioned in a collective remembrance
Jules Verne watches from his heavenly seat and smiles
Admiring his octopus box from 1869....

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Sheestah was the original Steampunk Peddler woman who could. 
She wandered Kansas prairies in 1873 like no female ever should. 
She was an inventor, an artist, a cartoonist, and worst….
She did not do any cooking or cleaning or carry a common purse

She wore a pirate’s...

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What kind of fish are you? The curious girl asked the mechanical bass.
We are steampunk fish, the bass replied, thinking the question crass.
When I think steampunk I think metallic, silver, gold and copper said the girl.
Aren’t you the inquisitor, said the steampunk fish, with his...

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Steampunk bunny was not sure his outfit was fine.
He thought it was mediocre and soon began to whine.
You are more than okay, he was reassured by a bee.
No one is any more aerodynamically steampunk than me.

What do you mean? Bunny asked the flying machine.
Look at...

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She decided to gift me something done in steampunk.
I was thinking owl, cat, dog, or perhaps dragon or hat.
It will be earrings, a pin or a pendant, she told me.
Don’t ruin the surprise, I told her.
She gave me a gorgeous steampunk cicada.
I would have never...

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Steampunk Cat had some weird feelings in his head.
They clanged around against metal, filled him with dread.
Something is happening, he told his Uncle Tom Stead.
I feel a storm is coming, that might make us dead.

Tom was a cagey old codger, all curiosity gone.
He rolled over...

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Steampunk Cat name of Charlie Boo
Thought his vices were mystery to Sue
Brought her violets in hue of blue
For it was she that Charlie wanted to woo

Sue was a savvy feline, with a keen open mind
She knew that many made fun of Charlie, which was not...

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Can faeries be steampunk? The young designer asked.
I do not see why, said a mechanical man, unmasked.
She came to the next convention in Cosmo play.
Which blew the rest of us clean away.

She is the most magnificent steampunk faerie we’ve seen.
She exudes mystical magic like a...

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Clock work spiders are climbing up my wall ‘sticking in their nasty pins so none of them will fall,
As one of them lifts her leg and begins to spin her steel , 
another scurries closer and strums it with its heel .

wide eyed and terror...

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