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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." My poems "Sing To Me, Nightingale, Unfulfilled Dream" and "A Waxing Crescent" appeared in the first issue of Poesis Online Journal

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I just finalized my "Pick A Title, Vol. 11 -Kimo- poetry contest!

Blog Posted:12/8/2019 6:54:00 PM

First and foremost, happy holidays to you all!:-)

Thanks for participating in my "Pick A Title, Vol. 11 -Kimo- poetry contest, winner or not. It was an absolute pleasure judging this contest. It's always challenging to judge a contest with a deluge of great poems! Conversely, it's quite disheartening to cut place-worthy poems due to contestants not following the strict syllable count of the Kimo form[line 1(10), line 2(7), line 3(6)]. That's the only thing I dislike about judging contests!

If you didn't place, it's probably because of the following reasons:

a.) You gave me only one stanza. I asked for 3 stanzas.
b.) You either flipped the syllables upside down or mixed them up
c) You went either a syllable short or over somewhere.
d.) You put your name at the bottom of your poem.

I know how upsetting it is not to see your name on the winners list.
It's really nothing personal. I wish you better luck in my next contest!

Heartiest congratulations to all my winners. Well-done!

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Dear
Heart

Date: 12/10/2019 9:48:00 AM

Edward, thanks for another great contest and my fine placement and congratulations to all your winners !

Gregory R
Barden

Date: 12/9/2019 6:41:00 AM

I enjoy the Kimo form, Edward, and this was a fun project - thank you so much for my kind placement, I'm so pleased you liked my poem. Blessings.

Eve
Roper

Date: 12/8/2019 8:14:00 PM

Edward, I am very honored to have placed in your contest thank you. Great contest and challenge. Congratulations to all the winners. Hugs Eve

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NA

Date: 12/8/2019 7:24:00 PM

Thanks Edward I`m not even sure If I entered yours. I appreciate you letting us know about your decisions.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 12/8/2019 7:09:00 PM

I enjoyed this contest very much, Edward, and thanks for my placement.

My Past Blog Posts


My "Pick A Title, Vol 12 - Diminished Hexaverse - Poetry Contest" is finalized! Date Posted: 1/11/2020 6:33:00 AM
I just finalized my "Pick A Title, Vol. 11 -Kimo- poetry contest! Date Posted: 12/8/2019 6:54:00 PM
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My "Pick A Title, Vol 8. - Acrostic - Poetry Contest" is judged! Date Posted: 9/7/2019 11:39:00 AM
My "Choose Your Own Title" Poetry Contest is finalized! Date Posted: 8/20/2019 5:25:00 PM
Very important update for "Choose Your Own Title" Poetry Contest! Date Posted: 8/9/2019 5:54:00 AM
TeamPoetrysoup, please add my invented form(Yalto) to this site. Date Posted: 7/26/2019 12:40:00 PM
My "Pick A Title, Vol 6 - Personification" Poetry Contest is finalized! Date Posted: 7/20/2019 10:22:00 AM
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Attention all " "Pick A Title, Vol 6 - Personification" entrants!(Very important) Date Posted: 6/30/2019 4:59:00 PM
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I'm livid. My last 6 poems...GONE. Please restore ALL of them, Team Poetrysoup Date Posted: 6/18/2019 6:44:00 AM
Very important update for "Pick A Title, Vol 5. - Verse! Date Posted: 6/8/2019 7:05:00 AM
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My "Pick A Title, Vol.3 Alliteration" Poetry Contest Judged Date Posted: 4/24/2019 6:48:00 AM
My "Pick A Title, Vol.2 - Rhyme - Poetry Contest is finalized. Date Posted: 3/23/2019 10:31:00 PM
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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
1/17/2020	Malala Yousafzai	Clerihew	appreciation,celebrity,pe
1/17/2020	Be Kind	Rictameter	encouraging,inspirational
1/17/2020	Breathless	Rictameter	emotions,love,romantic,
1/17/2020	The Mime	Imagism	art,children,humor,imager
1/16/2020	Fig Leaf	Verse	abuse,evil,religious,trut
1/16/2020	Irreconcilable Paradoxes	Light Verse	confusion,emotions,humor,
1/16/2020	A False Promise	Monoku	analogy,perspective,poetr
1/15/2020	One Last Kiss	Free verse	desire,kiss,sensual,
1/15/2020	Resolutions	Acrostic	new year,perspective,
1/14/2020	Los Amantes	Imagism	imagery,love,romance,
1/14/2020	Worst Nightmare Come True	Sapphic stanza	adventure,fear,
1/13/2020	Light	Acrostic	death,loss,remember,tribu
1/12/2020	'Neath A Waning Gibbous Moon	Free verse	dream,imagery,moon,romanc
1/12/2020	devil-may-care	Senryu	adventure,fun,scary,
1/12/2020	Great Escape	Acrostic	celebrity,imagery,magic,t
1/12/2020	Blunt Knife	Verse	appreciation,boy,courage,
1/8/2020	Let Me Fix You - LEI	Lay	feelings,heartbreak,love
1/8/2020	sinews of war	Senryu	perspective,truth,
1/5/2020	Never Give In To Suicide	Lyric	encouraging,inspirational
1/5/2020	Emile Pinet	Monoku	people,tribute,
1/5/2020	Aching Void	Dizain	death,emotions,grief,
1/5/2020	Ambivalence	Sijo	confusion,dark,emotions,g
1/4/2020	mallard	Haiku	animal,bird,imagery,natur
1/4/2020	Rubicon, Crossed	Light Verse	drink,humor,husband,truth
1/4/2020	A Mother's Love	Senryu	appreciation,emotions,lov
1/3/2020	the trumpeter swan	Haiku	bird,imagery,nature,
1/2/2020	Spirit Me Away To Paradise	Lyric	love,romantic,
1/2/2020	Scared The Dickens Out Of Me	Light Verse	emotions,fear,humor,remem
12/30/2019	A Boiling Point	Monoku	deep,feelings,love,passio
12/28/2019	Your Eyes	Rictameter	appreciation,beauty,deep,
12/28/2019	While Out In Nature	Quintain (English)	beauty,bird,imagery,moon,
12/28/2019	Non Dimenticar	Monoku	flower,longing,love,roman
12/27/2019	Dementia	Monoku	dark,truth,
12/23/2019	May Your Days Be Merry Bright	Acrostic	encouraging,hope,new year
12/23/2019	By The Edge Of The Sea	Free verse	beauty,nature,peace,sea,
12/22/2019	Vacation Repose	Haiku	boy,imagery,tree,vacation
12/22/2019	Love's An Adventure	Senryu	adventure,love,paradise,r
12/22/2019	Adrenaline Rush	Monoku	emotions,fun,future,persp
12/22/2019	We Are The Human Race	Verse	humanity,people,truth,wis
12/19/2019	Looking At The Sky	Senryu	hope,imagery,life,sky,
12/18/2019	Darkness To Light	Verse	dark,happy,light,metaphor
12/15/2019	Never Again, She Vows	Rhyme	courage,power,strength,wo
12/14/2019	the tears of winter	Haiku	imagery,nature,poetry,win
12/13/2019	In And Out	Epigram	heartbreak,love hurts,wom
12/13/2019	The Necessity Of Patience	Didactic	perspective,wisdom,
12/12/2019	A Bafflement	Verse	anger,confusion,
12/11/2019	Splendors In The Sky	Sapphic stanza	beauty,imagery,nature,
12/11/2019	Icarus Falling	Sapphic stanza	death,fate,imagery,mythol
12/10/2019	Oh, Precious Memory	Etheree	father,memory,remember,so
12/10/2019	Explain To My Heart	Triolet	heart,heartbreak,love hur
12/9/2019	Consequences	Acrostic	9th grade,child,encouragi
12/8/2019	Tell Me Why	Free verse	confusion,deep,emotions,l
12/7/2019	Trump Versus Kim, A Complicated Relationship	Political Verse	conflict,humor,political,
12/7/2019	To Match Her Emerald Eyes	Verse	beauty,clothes,color,day,
12/7/2019	Confounding	Monoku	conflict,confusion,
12/7/2019	If Only	Verse	age,desire,life,wisdom,yo
12/6/2019	creep	Haiku	animal,imagery,nature,
12/5/2019	Beyond Holiday Gifts	Lyric	christmas,holiday,people,
12/4/2019	Steps Of A Partnership	Acrostic	encouraging,relationship,
12/1/2019	A Secret	Dodoitsu	metaphor,perspective,trut
12/1/2019	The Sound Of A Breath	Dodoitsu	appreciation,encouraging,
12/1/2019	A Child's Wish Comes True	Imagism	child,happiness,holiday,i
12/1/2019	The Corrupt	Dodoitsu	corruption,perspective,po
12/1/2019	The Wowza Poem	Verse	appreciation,poems,poetry
11/29/2019	Christmas	Rictameter	appreciation,celebration,
11/29/2019	Sweet Darling, You Are	Lyric	analogy,deep,emotions,lov
11/29/2019	Black Friday	Verse	business,encouraging,toda
11/28/2019	Lamentation For The Downtrodden	Free verse	allegory,analogy,apprecia
11/28/2019	On This Thanksgiving Day	Verse	appreciation,humor,thank
11/25/2019	Amid The Jagged Shadows	Free verse	inspirational,life,motiva
11/25/2019	Blackboard Sky	Haiku	day,desire,happy,metaphor
11/25/2019	Invisible Scars	Sijo	abuse,angst,endurance,vio
11/25/2019	A Fading Passion	McWhirtle	lust,passion,
11/24/2019	Skin And Bones	Free verse	analogy,love,metaphor,rom
11/23/2019	Tug of War Between One's Will And Writer's Block	Light Verse	art,conflict,humor,write,
11/23/2019	frigid november	Haiku	autumn,nature,november,se
11/22/2019	Averting Miscommunication	Didactic	encouraging,perspective,
11/21/2019	behind pumpkin clouds	Haiku	color,imagery,nature,sun,
11/20/2019	An Ecstasy of Delight	Senryu	emotions,for her,kiss,lov
11/20/2019	Black On Black Crime	Lyric	anger,black african ameri
11/19/2019	Tears Of Joy	Senryu	analogy,emotions,happines
11/14/2019	spoils of war	Haiku	animal,bird,conflict,imag
11/13/2019	The Only Child	Free verse	child,love,parents,
11/10/2019	Way Of The Warrior	Senryu	appreciation,imagery,trib
11/10/2019	Baltimore	Acrostic	appreciation,city,places,
11/8/2019	A King's Worth	Lyric	allegory,metaphor,perspec
11/8/2019	Spoiled	Acrostic	love,passion,romantic,sen
11/6/2019	Ghost Of Winter	Haiku	autumn,imagery,nature,sea
11/6/2019	magnificent spell - sexyku	Haiku	love,sensual,sexy,
11/2/2019	Unthinkable	Verse	analogy,love,metaphor,per
10/27/2019	The End Of A Day	Kimo	day,farewell,imagery,nigh
10/27/2019	Dear Future Newlyweds	Lyric	encouraging,inspirational
10/27/2019	Just One Look	Senryu	love,passion,
10/27/2019	So Fortunate	Senryu	appreciation,blessing,lif
10/27/2019	Carnal Desire	Senryu	desire,feelings,lust,sens
10/27/2019	A Loving Touch	Senryu	emotions,love,passion,
10/25/2019	Goshawk	Haiku	animal,bird,imagery,natur
10/25/2019	Turtle Dove	Kimo	bird,imagery,morning,natu
10/25/2019	A New Dawn	Carpe Diem	appreciation,beauty,day,l
10/23/2019	Pink Floxglove	Haiku	color,flower,imagery,natu

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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Changing Sky	Pantoum	nature,sky,
Truth To Truth	Free verse	conflict,devotion,heartbr
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
Ransomed	Free verse	faith,jesus,
Then I Wake	Rhyme	absence,love,miss you,mis
Listen To Life	Free verse	life,philosophy,truth,wis
Tell the Night to Hold Me	Lyric	forgiveness,heartbreak,he
To Read You	Free verse	appreciation,metaphor,pas
I wander the desert alone	Free verse	imagery,metaphor,nature,o
The Red Leaf	Free verse	death,emotions,grief,hear
Your Cloud	Rhyme	love,simple,sky,wind,
Ineffable	Free verse	allusion,appreciation,bea
The House of Light	Rhyme	beauty,nature,
The Sounds Of A Rose	Free verse	flower,rose,
Roses Roses Roses	Free verse	red,rose,
Child	Diminished Hexaverse	child,
Polka Dots And All	Sonnet	10th grade,beautiful,beau
Some Are Not Meant For This World	Free verse	abuse,allusion,death,dest
UNBEARABLE THIS LONGING	Dramatic Verse	death,how i feel,
Inside a Cubicle	Terza Rima	work,
In My Beautiful Dream	Verse	dream,
My Winter	Free verse	inspirational,lost love,
My Darling Boy	Quatrain	analogy,boy,childhood,inn
U G L Y	Personification	anti bullying,beautiful,b
Civil Twilight	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,memor
SYLLABUS	Verse	kiss,love,sensual,
Shooting Stars	Verse	10th grade,beautiful,imag
Blink Out	Verse	10th grade,11th grade,all
ONENESS	Verse	america,destiny,imagery,i
Transcending Hope	Verse	hope,
Tutankhamun	Verse	adventure,appreciation,hi
Sometimes love just isn't enough	Free verse	lost love,
No Longer Two	Verse	10th grade,emotions,feeli
DAYBREAK	Verse	bird,joy,life,morning,
Fragility of Fate	Free verse	death,love,love hurts,
a muse abused	Verse	dance,freedom,muse,
To the One I Long For	Free verse	longing,love,
Spirit dance of butterflies	Rhyme	grief,happiness,
Fear Of The Unknown	Narrative	fear,feelings,
Frown around	Rhyme	anxiety,confidence,courag
Fingertip Tracings Upon My Skin	Free verse	sensual,

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Kim Rodrigues	United States	Read
Eve Roper	United States	Read
Lu Loo	United States	Read
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Dear Heart	Canada	Read
Frederic Parker	United States	Read
Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
Kevin Shaw	United Kingdom	Read
Susan Gentry	United States	Read
Tania Kitchin	United States	Read
Vijay Pandit	United States	Read
Mark Toney	United States	Read
Heidi Sands	United States	Read
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Susan Ashley	United States	Read
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