Edward Ibeh

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01/01/2025765 Free verse
12/29/2024816 Free verse
12/29/2024511 Free verse
12/23/2024505 Verse
12/22/2024559 Free verse
12/14/2024609 Diminished Hexaverse
12/14/2024527 Diminished Hexaverse
12/09/2024418 Haibun
12/08/2024918 Acrostic
12/08/2024228 Sijo
12/08/2024312 Free verse
11/27/2024547 Didactic
11/26/2024632 Senryu
11/26/2024435 Verse
11/21/2024545 Personification
11/08/2024499 Verse
11/06/2024672 Monoku
11/04/2024482 Sapphic stanza
11/04/2024395 Senryu
10/26/2024614 Verse
10/26/2024580 Verse
10/18/2024304 Verse
10/18/2024343 Monchielle Stanza
10/17/2024528 Personification
09/26/2024291 Kimo
09/25/2024297 Imagism
08/06/2024506 Monoku
08/01/2024575 Blitz
07/31/2024381 Nonet
07/30/2024264 Senryu
07/29/2024398 Acrostic
07/29/20241248 Free verse
05/24/2024457 Didactic
05/23/2024579 Lyric
05/18/2024339 Free verse
05/17/2024379 Acrostic
05/17/2024973 Monchielle Stanza
05/17/2024332 Dodoitsu
05/17/2024469 Dodoitsu
05/17/2024310 Footle
04/27/2024831 Acrostic
04/22/2024474 Acrostic
04/22/2024465 Kimo
04/21/2024576 Narrative
04/19/2024371 Verse
04/18/2024337 Free verse
04/18/2024383 Haibun
04/16/2024457 Free verse
04/11/2024559 Verse
04/08/2024483 Other
04/07/2024456 Free verse
04/01/2024576 Verse
04/01/2024354 Verse
04/01/2024315 Cinqku
03/27/2024342 Rispetto
03/23/2024464 Free verse
03/23/2024829 Free verse
03/23/2024294 Verse
03/09/2024479 Diminished Hexaverse
03/05/2024335 Sijo
02/21/2024802 Etheree
02/20/2024351 Free verse
02/19/2024449 Rictameter
02/12/2024274 Other
02/12/2024435 Verse
02/12/2024400 Sedoka
02/08/2024445 Didactic
01/30/2024358 Free verse
01/23/2024594 Blitz
01/17/2024344 Fibonacci
01/17/2024963 Free verse
01/17/2024320 Sijo
01/17/2024425 Imagism
01/14/2024529 Dramatic Monologue
01/08/2024369 Didactic
01/04/2024729 Monchielle Stanza
01/04/2024306 Verse
12/17/2023438 Monoku
12/17/2023824 Nonet
12/06/2023323 Monoku
12/06/2023411 Dodoitsu
11/26/2023700 Footle
11/23/2023448 Acrostic
11/22/2023490 Tanka
11/14/2023415 Monoku
11/13/2023480 Diamante
11/13/2023382 Acrostic
11/12/2023515 Tetractys
11/12/2023495 Alliteration
11/12/2023512 Ninette
11/12/2023553 Than-Bauk
11/08/2023515 Haibun
11/08/2023353 Sapphic stanza
10/30/2023255 Dodoitsu
10/29/2023423 Free verse
10/29/2023441 Monoku
10/22/2023247 Verse
10/22/2023403 Personification
10/22/2023467 Verse
10/19/2023404 Dodoitsu

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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