Edward Ibeh

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05/26/2026141 Narrative
05/14/2026327 Free verse
07/05/2025293 Lyric
01/29/2024493 Imagism
09/14/2023888 Other
09/04/2023926 Didactic
07/29/2023713 Light Verse
12/21/20221631 Rhyme
08/14/2022786 Monchielle Stanza
07/17/20221896 Quintain (English)
01/24/2022411 Verse
07/31/2021448 Verse
04/23/2021775 Verse
03/07/20212079 Free verse
08/08/2020601 Verse
05/03/20201317 Personification
08/29/2019467 Acrostic
11/23/2018705 Verse
10/13/2018931 Verse
10/01/20161708 Free verse
04/09/20163428 Romanticism
09/24/20264 Free verse
09/23/202612 Free verse
09/21/202612 Imagism
09/21/20264 Monoku
09/17/202635 Free verse
09/15/202636 Rhyme
09/13/202626 Footle
09/13/202627 Free verse
09/13/202634 Other
09/13/202612 Narrative
09/11/202627 Narrative
09/11/202636 Blackout Poetry
09/06/202633 Verse
09/06/202645 Kimo
09/05/202675 Free verse
09/05/202624 Senryu
09/05/202643 Monoku
09/04/202687 Free verse
09/04/202673 Light Verse
09/03/202650 Senryu
09/03/202642 Ode
08/28/202636 Verse
08/27/202686 Verse
08/11/202662 Free verse
08/09/202650 Narrative
07/29/2026137 Imagism
07/23/2026112 Ekphrasis
07/22/2026119 Verse
07/22/202679 Elegy
07/22/202654 Other
07/20/2026134 Clerihew
07/17/202697 Narrative
07/17/2026111 Haiku
07/15/202695 Free verse
07/03/202659 Verse
07/02/202694 Shape
07/02/2026111 Free verse
07/01/202695 Free verse
07/01/2026137 Narrative
06/24/2026105 Monoku
06/24/2026104 Footle
06/23/2026113 Free verse
06/20/2026157 Triolet
06/20/2026137 Verse
06/20/202688 Haibun
06/20/2026120 Tristich
06/20/2026105 Other
06/17/202699 Haiku
06/16/2026160 Clerihew
06/16/202682 Free verse
06/16/2026156 Free verse
06/11/202699 Free verse
06/11/2026121 Free verse
06/09/202679 Narrative
05/31/202660 Footle
05/30/2026115 Free verse
05/30/2026131 Rhyme
05/30/2026109 Verse
05/27/2026529 Sedoka
05/27/202688 Shape
05/25/2026108 Haiku
05/24/202680 Verse
05/24/2026139 Fibonacci
05/24/2026129 Free verse
05/24/2026139 Verse
05/24/2026341 Footle
05/24/2026100 Free verse
05/23/2026206 Haiku
05/23/202679 Diamante
05/23/2026391 Free verse
05/20/2026156 Footle
05/20/2026262 Free verse
05/15/2026264 Ode
05/13/202697 Shape
05/13/2026125 Free verse
05/12/2026133 Verse
05/12/2026150 Verse
05/09/202698 Footle
05/09/2026136 Verse

Quotes

Quote Left You can't be a poet without being in love with nature. Quote Right
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Quote Left When you don't know something, admit it, without shame. That's what being human is all about Quote Right
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Quote Left You repay those that helped you succeed simply by being humble Quote Right
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Quote Left Political correctness is an overrated virtue Quote Right
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Quote Left I'm a quasi-masochist. I don't feel truly content until I've suffered to achieve a goal in some way Quote Right
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Quote Left Success without struggle has the same bitter aftertaste as failure Quote Right
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Quote Left If you throw a stone at a honeycomb, you're bound to bother one too many bees. Quote Right
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Biography

Edward
Easy-going, Diligent, Creative, and Spiritual
Brother of Stephen, Mildred, and Jeanette 
Lover of Nature, Women, and Poetry
Who feels Pain, Love, and Empathy
Who fears The Unknown, Snakes, and Heights
I would like to see The Eiffel Tower, El Castillo, and The Great Wall of China
Resident of Riverside Road, Essex, Maryland
Ibeh

For the most part, I'm a romantic poet, but I also venture into satire, humor, nature, spirituality, existentialism, etc. I don't shy away from the sad and dark themes as well. I started writing poetry in November 2006. However, after losing my poetry notebook with about 135 poems in early 2009, I lost my passion for poetry completely. I was jobless for almost a year due to the recession of 2014, during that time period, I reignited my passion for poetry to stave off boredom. I discovered Poetrysoup and started posting my poems in 2016. The first poem I posted was "Wings of A Butterfly." My poems "Sing To Me, Nightingale", "Unfulfilled Dream" and "A Waxing Crescent" appeared in the first issue of Poesis Online Journal. My biography and poem "Musings of An Aging Man"  features in the "My Poet Friends" section of Emile Pinet's poetry book, "A Match In The Dark." My poems "Say You Will," "Winds of Night," and "Echo Chasing" appeared in the "PS: It's Poetry" Anthology." My poems "Apogee of Grief", "To Be Loved" and "Sweet on You" appeared in the "PS: It's Still Poetry, Volume 2" Anthology." My poems "Ambling Through The Meadow" and "Depression" appeared in the "Reflections on the Important Things" anthology. My poems "Let Bygones Be Bygones" and "When Life Gets Rough" appeared in the "Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry" anthology

I'm currently working as a Lot Associate at The Home Depot.

I'm a Navy Veteran.

I'm Nigerian-American born in Lima, Ohio in October 28th, 1976.

I grew up mostly in Baltimore, Maryland.

I'm married to a wonderful woman(and Registered Nurse!), Helen.

I have two young daughters, Isabelle and Alexandra.

I'm the inventor of the poetry form, "Yalto"

Graduated from Lake Clifton Campus(formerly Lake Clifton Eastern High School), Baltimore, Maryland in 1995.
Graduated from Essex Community College in 2003 and Brightwood College(formerly TESST College of Technology) in 2005.
Certifications: Electronics Technology, Telecommunications, Fiber-Optics/Copper Network Cabling.

 

 

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