Here are all the entries for the steampunk haiku contest. Please choose your favourite and vote for it below. Voting lasts until Nov. 07. Please check back the following day to find out who is the winner.
1Monotonous Din Whirs and Clacks fill the ether Machines lurch onward
2Hot fog on my face Grind, twist, squeal with motion God's invention breathes
3Brass and copper gleam Man reaches for the future And breaks History
4Cloudships in the breeze leather gloves hold the brass wheel my invention soars
5Brass and goggles shine tophats and parasols drift above corset reefs
6Reimagine all save for the gentility farewell static past
7The power of steam all elegance and metal bent to better wills
8My dirigible is going down in flames. Curse that automaton!
9Gas lamps and starlight Contrast city lights below. Steam warms the deck.
10
You left me in tears - The gears of my clockwork heart Even broken, turn.11 In between the stars Our ship creates it's own clouds Technology's mark.
12Anacronistic Composing bygone futures Timeless aether calls
13Imagined voyage Do airships have parachutes? Up, up, and away
14
Clock-Work-Cuckoo-Clown Steam-Cyber-Space-Ship-Circus Err-And-Iron-Punk
15The dark howls at night Unnatural things lurking here Steam powered horrors
16 Wind chills to the bone Add more coal to the engine Steam wafts, warms the air
17 Clockwork golem lurches Thump, grind, thump, grind, here it comes I love what I do
My favorite one is 10, simply because it remided me of a fantastic book, La mécanique du cœur (English version: The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart) which is a read no one could forget
Of course, I have never heard of it, Ally, but I will have a look for it.
Don’t forget to vote for the haiku if you haven’t done so yet.
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My favorite is number 14! I just love how it sounds. Definitely quirky and fanciful!