Edward Ibeh 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 Roughappeared 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 a baby daughter named Isabelle.

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.

 

 

My Doberman Contest has been revamped!

Blog Posted by Edward Ibeh: 7/29/2018 10:04:00 PM

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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Date: 7/30/2018 5:33:00 PM
That's quite alright, Constance:-)
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
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Date: 7/30/2018 5:30:00 PM
I will. Thanks for the suggestion, Jan!:-)

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