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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 Moravia Park Drive, Maryland
Ibeh

I'm currently working as a Lot Associate at The Home Depot
I'm a Navy veteran 
Born in Lima, Ohio in October 28th, 1976
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 

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, "Wings of A Butterfly"

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My Doberman Contest has been revamped!

Blog Posted:7/29/2018 10:04:00 PM

Greetings, Soupers!

I'm still pretty new at sponsoring contests, so pardon me if my original contest was too challenging or confusing. Hopefully, I've made it much simpler. You can choose any form---4 haikus, 3 tankas, free verse, etc---that allows you to write a 12-line poem. Up to 20 placings in this contest!

Good luck everyone!

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Tania
Kitchin

Date: 8/5/2018 9:56:00 AM

I am not sure if a submitted poem can have more than 12 lines for your contest? It says it in your blog but not in the contest description. I sent you soup mail as well. Thank you

Virginia
Waters

Date: 8/4/2018 1:58:00 AM

working on one for your contest. Thought it was very simple requirements compared to some. Just time - sometimes there are a lot one wants to enter. hope can use your original set up. Stick to your guns - what you want. Many contests fill up very fast, so generally we leave entering the ones that are not for a while. Not really fair to alter in middle though. And probably a small percentage of us are dog lovers and even smaller Doberman. I do have an amazing true Doberman story but it doesn't fit your requirements.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/31/2018 12:00:00 AM

Eventually I hope to try out your challenge. There are too many contests going on and I have little time. I thought your idea sounded fun! I hope you get lots of entries!

Dear Heart
a.k.a. Broken Wings

Date: 7/30/2018 10:05:00 AM

I am not really a dog person especially a dober, so it is difficult for me to get inspired now if you said cat paws.. I would have endless possibilities.. unless that dober has my cat in his paws I am coming up with nothing, I will have to talk to my muse about this.

Edward Ibeh
Date: 7/30/2018 5:33:00 PM

That's quite alright, Constance:-)

JAN
ALLISON

Date: 7/30/2018 5:28:00 AM

Hi Edward , it may be wise to remove the word count restriction on the contest page as not everyone reads the blogs:-) hugs Jan xx

Edward Ibeh
Date: 7/30/2018 5:30:00 PM

I will. Thanks for the suggestion, Jan!:-)

My Past Blog Posts


"I Wander The Desert Alone" Poetry Contest Judged Date Posted: 10/14/2018 5:26:00 PM
Blitz Poetry: Is it supposed to make sense? Date Posted: 10/7/2018 3:14:00 PM
My Human Nature Poetry Contest is finalized! Date Posted: 9/21/2018 3:36:00 PM
My Wind Chimes Poetry Contest is finalized! Date Posted: 8/29/2018 1:25:00 PM
My invented poetry form finally has a name: YALTO Date Posted: 8/25/2018 4:00:00 PM
My Doberman Contest has been revamped! Date Posted: 7/29/2018 10:04:00 PM
My Juneteenth Contest has been finalized! Date Posted: 7/15/2018 4:11:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
10/23/2018	Tenderness	Tetractys	emotions,feelings,perspec
10/21/2018	Far Yet Close	Free verse	emotions,feelings,longing
10/20/2018	Nightjar	Dodoitsu	animal,bird,sound,
10/19/2018	Horseshoe	Shape	creation,
10/18/2018	Soundless	Haiku	imagery,nature,peace,sile
10/16/2018	Unbreakable People	Verse	faith,people,simile,stren
10/15/2018	Risk Taking	Verse	courage,inspirational,tru
10/15/2018	Peace Be With You-Charlieku	Haiku	peace,
10/15/2018	Wellness	Acrostic	health,life,
10/14/2018	Autumn	Rictameter	autumn,nature,seasons,
10/14/2018	A Smile Most Revealing	Free verse	beautiful,metaphor,smile,
10/14/2018	Whitney Houston	Clerihew	celebrity,people,woman,
10/13/2018	Freshly Baked Bread	Senryu	food,joy,
10/13/2018	I Hope, If Nothing Else	Verse	desire,encouraging,hope,i
10/13/2018	Fragile	Rictameter	feelings,simile,woman,
10/13/2018	Love And Friendship	Free verse	friendship,growth,love,
10/11/2018	Hurricane Michael	Haiku	nature,storm,weather,
10/8/2018	Interminable	Dodoitsu	emotions,love,truth,
10/8/2018	Friendly Fire	Dodoitsu	military,satire,truth,war
10/8/2018	Tempestuous Relationships	Dodoitsu	relationship,truth,
10/7/2018	Unparalleled	Blitz	humanity,inspirational,po
10/5/2018	Yearning	Acrostic	for her,memory,passion,re
10/5/2018	Nat King Cole	Ode	appreciation,art,men,peop
10/4/2018	Don't Close Your Eyes	Free verse	inspirational,repetition,
10/4/2018	Uncontained Ecstasy	Senryu	emotions,feelings,happine
10/4/2018	Chasing Fireflies	Haiku	fun,imagery,nature,summer
10/2/2018	I Wander The Desert Alone	Free verse	adventure,dream,god,image
10/2/2018	The Youth of Spring	Couplet	autumn,nature,seasons,
9/30/2018	Impatient Days	Senryu	day,metaphor,time,world,
9/30/2018	Lost Glory	Verse	fate,hope,imagination,los
9/27/2018	Summertime Driving Lessons	Free verse	family,father,me,memory,r
9/27/2018	A Friend	Rictameter	friend,relationship,truth
9/27/2018	Life Is Life	Verse	appreciation,encouraging,
9/23/2018	Tropical Haiku	Haiku	beauty,nature,places,
9/23/2018	Betrayal	Monoku	feelings,metaphor,pain,si
9/23/2018	A Life, In Nine Lines	Bio	life,me,
9/23/2018	Just Listening	Choka	imagery,nature,sound,
9/23/2018	As Moonlight Sleeps On The Bank	Verse	environment,light,moon,na
9/19/2018	Blue	Verse	color,symbolism,
9/16/2018	A Picturesque Dawn	Diminished Hexaverse	beautiful,imagery,morning
9/16/2018	An Existential Question	Senryu	life,
9/16/2018	Throw Your Rainbow Umbrella To The Wind	Carpe Diem	appreciation,imagery,natu
9/15/2018	Snake Eyes	Senryu	11th grade,poems,
9/15/2018	Fate Of A Soul	Verse	death,god,imagination,spi
9/14/2018	Heaven	Rictameter	appreciation,beauty,heave
9/14/2018	Strive	Tetractys	encouraging,inspirational
9/13/2018	Bald Eagle	Haiku	animal,bird,flying,
9/13/2018	Beautiful Fall	Acrostic	appreciation,autumn,beaut
9/12/2018	An Epitaph For Joel	Epitaph	grave,humor,writing,
9/11/2018	I'll Never Forget	Senryu	dark,memory,remembrance d
9/2/2018	Doggone it, I'm A Pit Bull	Personification	animal,dog,humor,
9/1/2018	Teardrops In The Soul	Senryu	feelings,imagery,poems,wr
9/1/2018	Calendula	Imagism	color,flower,imagery,natu
9/1/2018	Words So Meaningful	Free verse	imagery,meaningful,metaph
9/1/2018	Quietude	Verse	appreciation,day,solitude
8/26/2018	Haiku Captcha, TIT	Haiku	nature,tree,wind,
8/26/2018	Timeless	Rictameter	desire,love,romantic,
8/21/2018	There Are Days When	Free verse	day,perspective,truth,
8/21/2018	A Blemish	Acrostic	fate,memory,relationship,
8/19/2018	Leviathan	Senryu	simile,truth,write,
8/18/2018	Take Me To Your Leader	Free verse	desire,humor,planet,
8/16/2018	Drifting	Haiku	flower,imagery,nature,
8/16/2018	Bear Hug	Senryu	imagery,
8/15/2018	Every Raindrop	Haiku	earth,rain,
8/15/2018	Night Stars Twinkling	Haiku	night,stars,
8/15/2018	Nightcap	Senryu	drink,humor,night,
8/15/2018	Red Ink	Rhyme	love,metaphor,passion,red
8/7/2018	Pale Moonlight	Triolet	light,moon,nature,night,
8/7/2018	A Feral Predator	Verse	animal,tiger,
8/5/2018	Love's Vortex	Tanka	encouraging,love,simile,
8/5/2018	A Missed Opportunity	Sijo	analogy,metaphor,perspect
8/5/2018	Donald Trump	Clerihew	political,satire,truth,
8/5/2018	Pearly Everlasting	Choka	flower,
8/5/2018	Monday	Free verse	day,
8/5/2018	Powder Keg	Senryu	emotions,feelings,sound,
8/2/2018	Cloudburst	Haiku	imagery,rain,
8/2/2018	Hot, Humid Summer	Haiku	summer,sunshine,weather,
8/1/2018	A Wednesday Evening	Choka	appreciation,august,day,
8/1/2018	Noon Meditation	Choka	me,peace,spiritual,
8/1/2018	Airborne Leaf	Choka	imagery,
7/30/2018	A Walk In Solitude	Haibun	adventure,beauty,imagery,
7/29/2018	In A Sunday State of Mind	Choka	appreciation,day,environm
7/28/2018	In Saturday State of Mind	Choka	appreciation,day,environm
7/26/2018	The World Around Us	Lyric	beauty,imagery,nature,wor
7/26/2018	Compassion	Senryu	deep,feelings,
7/25/2018	Synergy	Monoku	truth,work,
7/25/2018	Whippoorwill	Haiku	animal,bird,night,
7/22/2018	Try	Free verse	12th grade,encouraging,in
7/22/2018	Scarlet Sage	Choka	beauty,flower,garden,meta
7/21/2018	Baby, Tonight I'll Sing A Lullaby For You	Political Verse	child,family,humanity,inn
7/20/2018	Straight From My Heart	Verse	care,emotions,loss,sorrow
7/19/2018	Ballroom Dancers	Senryu	analogy,art,dance,simile,
7/19/2018	Life	Monoku	life,
7/19/2018	Lightning	Imagism	analogy,color,imagery,sim
7/18/2018	Gold Digger Jane	Limerick	humorous,woman,
7/18/2018	The Climax of Spring	Haiku	beauty,life,spring,
7/18/2018	Spark Crystalline	Crystalline	dark,imagery,light,
7/17/2018	Trump Fails America	Nonet	political,
7/17/2018	A Bright Light Where There Is None	Senryu	hope,light,truth,
7/16/2018	Kimo Therapy	Kimo	cancer,encouraging,faith,

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Changing Sky	Pantoum	nature,sky,
Truth To Truth	Free verse	conflict,devotion,heartbr
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
Ransomed	Free verse	faith,jesus,

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Lyric Man	United States	Read
Kevin Shaw	United Kingdom	Read
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