A Tribute to My Fellow Underground Poets

I plan to take my time, have some playful fun
With this latest challenge that is so appropriate
 
To honor and pay tribute to some of my fellow DUP versifiers
Rebel poets so very off the grid, but ironically still on the web
 
Of course there's Somelikeithot, one of the first to greet me
Who has a dynamic range of talent, literally making any subject poetic
 
Then there is a certain redheaded gypsy, warrior princess, my sister in arms
Sharing a love of floriculture with me, her words make me swoon, teaching that there is no room for ugly words in beautiful poetry
 
Stepping out of the Lord of the Rings is Strider, an able and skilled soldier and swordsman
Gifted in poeting about love, eros, and war with fanciful words that ring so true
 
All the way from Wales is Lady Magdalena, an enchantress most epic
Weaving beautiful words out of all the ugliness in the world, leaving this man oft in a puddle of tears
 
I'd be remiss if I forgot a certain jogging turtle
Full of wit and real depth, even though he has been running since '87
 
Of course there is my gal pal, ELL30 who is a true kindred spirit
Challenging and inspiring me to write about what is most true and still hurts the deepest as she finds her own poetic voice
 
Then there is my little Blossom in the Snow, Splinteredlostsoul
Her purity and suffering make me want to take the blade from her hand, replacing it with a healing quill
 
To round out the list, a relatively new writing colleague and real charmer is Rosebud, with poems so crisp and poignant
Who swears to this day that I read her journal, not realizing that I just reengineer the webcamera on her laptop
 
To the the rest of y'all, there is still tommorrow or the day after
For us to get to know each other thru our shared love of poetics and leaving our poems, fingerprints of our souls for discovery
 
Le Colonel (Sometimes referred to as "The Kinky Colonel" by some not so respecting of my rank and good standing)