Edward Ibeh

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05/09/2026115 Free verse
05/05/202699 Footle
04/30/2026108 Footle
04/30/2026277 Footle
04/29/2026141 Free verse
04/13/2026159 Verse
04/04/2026201 Footle
04/04/2026132 Verse
03/25/2026103 Verse
03/23/2026156 Nonet
03/22/2026473 Shape
03/22/2026122 Verse
03/22/2026141 Rictameter
03/21/202679 Haiku
03/21/2026103 Kimo
03/21/2026116 Free verse
03/21/2026101 Imagism
03/20/2026183 Shadorma
03/09/2026185 Monoku
03/08/2026111 Kimo
03/07/2026129 Verse
03/07/2026144 Verse
03/07/2026146 Verse
03/02/2026101 Verse
03/02/2026114 Acrostic
03/02/2026109 Senryu
03/01/2026111 Free verse
02/28/2026119 Verse
02/28/202697 Verse
02/28/2026114 Clerihew
02/27/2026130 Haiku
02/27/2026246 Narrative
02/23/202692 Monoku
02/23/2026170 Haiku
02/23/2026101 Dramatic Verse
02/19/2026139 Other
02/18/2026105 Carpe Diem
02/17/2026216 Free verse
02/17/2026192 Free verse
02/14/2026142 Verse
02/10/2026130 Haibun
02/08/2026146 Cinquain
02/05/2026135 Diminished Hexaverse
02/04/2026111 Senryu
02/04/202688 Dodoitsu
02/03/2026141 Lyric
02/03/2026133 Haiku
02/02/202690 Kimo
02/02/2026127 Haiku
02/02/2026153 Free verse
01/31/2026174 Diminished Hexaverse
01/31/2026150 Acrostic
09/06/20251040 Free verse
09/01/2025297 Acrostic
09/01/2025262 Acrostic
08/14/2025286 Footle
08/03/2025301 Free verse
08/02/2025339 Haiku
08/02/2025271 Other
07/27/2025311 Free verse
07/26/2025348 Other
07/26/2025287 Verse
07/26/2025353 Imagism
07/26/2025257 Rhyme
07/25/2025391 Narrative
07/20/2025307 Haiku
07/12/2025556 Verse
07/12/2025211 Senryu
07/12/2025269 Lanterne
07/08/2025339 Sapphic stanza
07/08/2025311 Haiku
07/08/2025349 Light Verse
07/07/2025232 Senryu
07/07/2025321 Narrative
07/06/2025704 Dodoitsu
07/06/2025241 Imagism
07/06/2025278 Narrative
06/23/2025211 Senryu
06/23/2025292 Clerihew
06/18/2025183 Haiku
06/07/2025515 Imagism
05/26/2025489 Haiku
05/21/2025541 Tetractys
05/21/2025651 Sijo
05/21/2025416 Free verse
05/18/2025599 Haiku
05/14/2025589 Verse
05/13/2025588 Free verse
05/12/2025608 Haiku
05/12/2025387 Verse
05/12/2025437 Ode
05/11/2025399 Monoku
05/08/2025561 Verse
05/04/2025523 Diamante
05/04/2025654 Narrative
05/04/2025608 Haiku
05/02/2025558 Acrostic
05/02/2025517 Other
05/02/2025522 Haiku
04/30/2025497 Monoku

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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