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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

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!:-)

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1/16/2019	Mood Indigo, Lifted	Senryu	child,emotions,hello,sad,
1/11/2019	Insecurity	Free verse	encouraging,feelings,insp
1/7/2019	Ere My Heart Stops Beating For Thee	Verse	allusion,heart,love,passi
1/6/2019	the lifestyle of mister rich man	I do not know?	humor,perspective,tribute
1/6/2019	Jubilant Joy	Free verse	celebration,emotions,happ
1/6/2019	Hunter, Hunted	Haiku	animal,food,humor,imagery
1/6/2019	Gargantuan	Verse	deep,longing,love,passion
1/6/2019	March 19, Year 2017	Elegiac Lyric	desire,father,loss,rememb
1/5/2019	Melancholia	Haiku	animal,bird,morning,song,
1/5/2019	A Forest So Alive	Rhyme	environment,nature,song,s
1/5/2019	China, On The Moon	Senryu	moon,people,space,travel,
1/5/2019	The Climax of Loneliness	Verse	dark,deep,feelings,loneli
1/5/2019	The Sphinx	Verse	mystery,perspective,
1/4/2019	Of Legacy	Verse	destiny,fate,imagination,
1/4/2019	Greatest of Sin	Fibonacci	longing,memory,money,pers
1/4/2019	December	Acrostic	december,seasons,winter,
1/3/2019	The Wonder of A Smile	Free verse	emotions,perspective,smil
1/1/2019	January	Acrostic	appreciation,january,new
1/1/2019	A Brain Fog	Free verse	humor,perspective,
1/1/2019	Seeking Black	Rhyme	dark,death,deep,fate,woma
12/31/2018	Purifying Rain	Haiku	appreciation,nature,rain,
12/31/2018	I'll Pass, I'm Afraid	Monoku	humor,me,new year,perspec
12/30/2018	Freedom, To And From	Verse	encouraging,freedom,human
12/30/2018	Crickets	Haiku	dark,insect,nature,night,
12/29/2018	A Toast To New Beginnings	Monoku	celebration,day,new year,
12/26/2018	Loss of A Lover	Senryu	loneliness,loss,love,
12/25/2018	Poetic Pen, Out of Ink	Monoku	me,perspective,words,
12/23/2018	A Gilded Leaf Trapped In A Fence	Personification	allegory,autumn,cancer,im
12/23/2018	Keeper Of The Lighthouse	Free verse	beauty,environment,imager
12/20/2018	Snow Day	Haiku	children,seasons,snow,win
12/20/2018	The Taciturn Man Says	Monoku	words,
12/20/2018	A Shy Silver Moon	Haiku	moon,nature,
12/19/2018	Comeuppance	Verse	fate,perspective,
12/18/2018	Ice In The Veins	Verse	horror,scary,
12/17/2018	Movie Night	Monoku	appreciation,film,
12/16/2018	A Glimpse Of A Promising Day	Verse	day,future,hope,joy,morni
12/16/2018	Sniffing Flowers	Free verse	happiness,me,people,persp
12/15/2018	Oh, She's Mad	Monoku	anger,humor,husband,relat
12/13/2018	Inevitability of Death	Nonet	death,dream,inspiration,m
12/12/2018	A Different Kind of Cupid	Light Verse	humor,
12/11/2018	White House Spectacle	Senryu	people,political,social,t
12/9/2018	I Do Not Miss You When You're Gone	Rhyme	absence,irony,loneliness,
12/7/2018	A Little Kindness Never Hurts	Free verse	character,encouraging,per
12/6/2018	Home Sweet Home Cookin'	I do not know?	food,home,humor,imagery,
12/6/2018	Summer	Rictameter	imagery,longing,seasons,s
12/6/2018	A Christmas Sencharlieru	Haiku	christmas,seasons,
12/6/2018	A Bird With Pinioned Wings	Verse	analogy,depression,freedo
12/5/2018	A Glancing Blow	Triolet	life,me,strength,
12/5/2018	Raging Against The Machine	Senryu	anger,people,political,
12/5/2018	Would You Still Love Me	Free verse	change,devotion,faith,lov
12/5/2018	The Little Things	Free verse	appreciation,humanity,mea
12/3/2018	A Magical Elixir	Sijo	perspective,
12/3/2018	Feather In The Wind	Dodoitsu	freedom,imagery,simile,
12/3/2018	The Stars Are Asleep	Haiku	day,nature,night,stars,su
12/2/2018	My Heart, A Home	Shape	creation,heart,
12/2/2018	Our World Changing, Not For The Better	Dramatic Monologue	anger,emotions,life,polit
11/28/2018	You Make Me Smile	Verse	dedication,feelings,love,
11/25/2018	Skin To Skin	Triolet	love,passion,poetry,simil
11/25/2018	Love After Heartbreak	Tyburn	love,perspective,
11/25/2018	Sweet Awakening	Tyburn	appreciation,bird,morning
11/25/2018	I Confess	Tyburn	deep,love,romantic,
11/25/2018	Secrets Upon Your Lips	Tyburn	love,romantic,words,
11/25/2018	The Rules of The Road	Sijo	analogy,encouraging,life,
11/25/2018	The Primrose Path	Triolet	allusion,god,repetition,s
11/23/2018	Do Not Fear The Dark	Haiku	beauty,bird,dark,moon,nig
11/23/2018	Winds of Night	Verse	longing,night,peace,wind,
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11/19/2018	The Love In Your Eyes	Senryu	deep,love,passion,romanti
11/18/2018	Dear Warrior	Etheree	courage,encouraging,inspi
11/18/2018	I Am Your Shadow	Personification	allegory,encouraging,imag
11/18/2018	Life's Raindrop	Free verse	fate,imagery,imagination,
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11/14/2018	Pecorino Romano Cheese	Rhyme	appreciation,fate,food,hu
11/14/2018	Tethered to Sleep, Still	Dodoitsu	morning,night,perspective
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11/10/2018	Imagining Arcadia	Free verse	beauty,longing,mythology,
11/10/2018	Island Paradise	Haiku	beauty,places,
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11/3/2018	The Depth of My Love	Verse	allusion,deep,imagery,lov
11/3/2018	The Shorter Half of A Wishbone	Free verse	11th grade,games,metaphor
10/30/2018	Don't Ask Me Again	Free verse	feelings,love,poems,roman
10/28/2018	A Halloween Horror	Personification	day,halloween,scary,sound
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Changing Sky	Pantoum	nature,sky,
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Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
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Then I Wake	Rhyme	absence,love,miss you,mis
Listen To Life	Free verse	life,philosophy,truth,wis
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Liquid Love	Free verse	crush,deep,dream,drink,la
To Read You	Free verse	appreciation,metaphor,pas
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The Red Leaf	Free verse	death,emotions,grief,hear
Your Cloud	Rhyme	love,simple,sky,wind,
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