Long Steampunk Poems
Long Steampunk Poems. Below are the most popular long Steampunk by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Steampunk poems by poem length and keyword.
Steampunk
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, literature, mythology, technology, time, visionary,
Form:
Narrative
Virtual Life Metrics
I spend time with a friend
well, a pseudo-friend
an acquaintance of sorts
no, I guess he'd be a friend,
shit, who knows
one of those types you never really share your heart
that authentic...
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Categories:
steampunk, friend, world,
Form:
Free verse
Clockwork Spiders
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, technology,
Form:
Rhyme
Testing
Lisa was carefully pulling a strand of cotton candy off a paper-coned “barbe à papa” - winding it around her finger while absentmindedly gazing at a carousel. She seemed hypnotized by its white horses, trimmed...
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Categories:
steampunk, morning, school, spring, stress, student, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Steampunk Stella
Steampunk Stella woke up in the thick of an alternative world.
Colorful mechanical flowers were dancing and singing.
The gold band on her top hat changed a gorgeous fuchsia pink
orange poppies and fancy golden engravings adorned it...
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Categories:
steampunk, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Mr White Steampunk J Rabbit
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, animal,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sheila and Jim
Sheila stepped out of the mechanized gear-filled lab with her robotic dog.
her lace blouse a contrast to her steam-powered eighteenth-century hog.
Another inventor looked up gave her a quick friendly boy-next-door wave.
His invention would make robotic...
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Categories:
steampunk, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Here Comes Steampunk Annie
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, 11th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Light Verse
Sheestah Steampunk Peddler
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Rhyme
Marlas Cat Turquoise
There was a plethora of magical cats in Marla’s magic hat.
She concealed two of them from the regular populace.
The naysayers, doubters, and the ones on the fence.
Knowing they could not handle Turquoise who was outrageous.
Turquoise...
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Categories:
steampunk, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Late For Halloween
From 2011 to 2013 I was a member of the online social group called The "SteamPunk Empire" and wrote poetry and stories for the site. I created a group of 67 renegade...
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Categories:
steampunk, halloween,
Form:
Light Verse
My Paintings Reflect Me
My living room is full of brown furniture,
but you do not notice it
because my paintings have
exploded onto the walls.
My paintings are not landscapes,
or faces. They are cartoons, and they
are gloriously a part of twenty...
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Categories:
steampunk, art, confidence, identity, woman,
Form:
Narrative
Afraid To Try
Steampunk? The old man guesses. He is past death age.
Goth laughs, understanding she has the upper hand.
I dare not add to it yet; in hologram mode, with robotic arm moves.
Green glow of a digital clock...
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Categories:
steampunk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Why Not Steampunk
I am not sure how I accidentally stumbled upon the world of Steampunk,
But it is a combination of lace, leather, and metals, and a little bit funk.
It magically and freely fits people, cats, and dogs...
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Categories:
steampunk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Rhyme
who lived in this place
the whispers were barely perceptible
there was scuffling and shuffling
were ghosts up here then?
I took a peek expecting to see people
there was a steampunk like robot facing the door
his eyes were made of hubcaps and he...
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Categories:
steampunk, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Clockwork Girl
In cogs and gears, her heart does beat,
A clockwork girl, both strange and sweet.
Her eyes, like polished brass, aglow,
Reflect the time, the world below.
With gears that click and springs that chime,
She measures moments, day and...
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Categories:
steampunk, girl,
Form:
Rhyme
Meeting Steampunk Tiger
Loud guttural roar filled Steamboat Convention Hall
Stovetop hats rose up higher, and most were already tall.
The tiger made his entry with a loud snarl and a pounce.
Watch out! Someone yelled. I think this creature can...
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Categories:
steampunk, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
Stay Away From Judgemental Linda
She looks snobby, judgemental Linda said.
I observed the newcomer who looked a bit stand-offish.
But perhaps it is because I had not met her yet.
I ran up to tell her that I liked her costume.
She was...
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Categories:
steampunk, woman,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Arrogant Bee Woman
the steampunk convention was presided over by ABW, Mrs. McNack
Arrogant Bee Woman is what we called this piranha behind her back
ABW stood for something else but none of us knew what any more
We all held...
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Categories:
steampunk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Rhyme
Mrs Seamstress Fox
Need a hem? Go find Mrs. Seamstress Fox.
Lost some weight? Throw that in this box.
I will take it to her, it will shake your argyle socks.
At how quickly she will fix things, Mrs. S.T. Fox.
She...
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Categories:
steampunk, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
Steampunk
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, beautiful, beauty, fantasy, fashion, feelings, freedom, science
Form:
Quatrain
Renaissance Fair Turkey Legs
Kansas City’s Renaissance Fair is fun; you can dress steampunk
Go as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, or a Victorian Queen.
You can be a knight of the Round Table or King Arthur
It is embraced by several...
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Categories:
steampunk, food,
Form:
Free verse
Steampunk Cat Listens To Uncle Tom
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Steampunk Cat Named Charlie Boo
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...
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Categories:
steampunk, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Rhyme
Steampunk Faerie
Steampunk faerie sat on the vintage car
Peering long and hard, and way too far
She could see past the horizon to her father’s house
Where a kitten was toying with a tiny mouse
How are your eyes this...
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Categories:
steampunk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 2nd
Form:
Rhyme