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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 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.

 

 


All who participated in Pick-A-Title, Vol.17 -Yalto-...THANK YOU!

Blog Posted:5/20/2020 1:19:00 PM
Whether you placed or not, thank you for making this contest the most fun and challenging one I've ever done. This is by far my favorite contest, ever. I had to place just 16 entries, which wasn't easy at all. I'm pleasantly surprised that so many poets actually excel at writing a Yalto. I encourage you all to write more of it. I'm so impressed with the quality of poems I'm doing yet another Yalto contest! I'll be placing as many as 25 entries this time around! Heartiest congratulations to the winners!


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Date: 5/22/2020 12:36:00 PM
a BIG thank you for including me on your list, edward...i had a temporary crossed-eye moment with the syl count but enjoyed the whole experience!...huggs
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Date: 5/21/2020 12:45:00 AM
Edward, thank you for your blog message and for sponsoring the fun contest. You have created a delightful form to write in, and your title options were very evocative of poetic thoughts. I'm happy to read all the other writers and see how what directions they took. Congrats to all the winners and I'm looking forward to the next one...
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Date: 5/20/2020 10:28:00 PM
Thank you so very much for my wonderful placement, Edward, I am honored. Congratulations to all the winners. Hugs Eve
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Date: 5/20/2020 3:58:00 PM
Thank you so much for that, Edward. I found it to be a truly inspiring contest with the theme of Evenfall. Can't wait to see what people did with the other two themes! Congrats to winners.
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Date: 5/20/2020 3:52:00 PM
Edward, I love your Yalto form! I didn’t have time to enter your contest but I am very impressed with the winning entries. I read each one! Your subjects to choose from were so inspiring they brought out the best in your poets. I can imagine choosing placements was very difficult. Bravo on a wonderful contest! xxoo
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Date: 5/20/2020 1:55:00 PM
I am absolutely delighted with my top spot Edward, thanks for the inspiration with your own examples which encouraged me to go out of my comfort zone with my lay out, my congrats to the winners:-) hugs Jan xx
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My Past Blog Posts

 
URGENT: Proofread your poems for "Pick-A-Title, Vol. 53" contest...
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Date Posted: 4/18/2025 4:43:00 AM
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A Thank You Blog
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Date Posted: 6/2/2024 1:59:00 PM
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My "Pick-A-Tile, Vol. 41" poetry contest is finalized
Date Posted: 3/19/2024 2:42:00 AM
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Date Posted: 3/17/2024 2:35:00 PM
" Pick-A-Title, Vol.40 Poetry Contest " is finalized.
Date Posted: 12/16/2023 3:25:00 AM
"This or That, Vol. 21" poetry contest is finalized!
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My "Pick-A-Title, Vol.39" poetry contest is judged.
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Pick-A-Title, Vol. 38. Contest is judged. Just one word... WOW!
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7/8/2025 Bite Me, Lady Luck Light Versefun,humor,poetry,
7/7/2025 Chain Reaction Senryuchild,cute,emotions,peopl
7/7/2025 Beyond Grief's Rusty Gate Narrativebirth,confusion,death,gri
7/6/2025 Too Hot To Handle Dodoitsuanalogy,humor,imagery,sum
7/6/2025 Fallen Angel Imagismdark,fate,
7/6/2025 Between Safety and Danger Narrativebreak up,devotion,love hu
7/5/2025 The World Is Bleeding Lyricangst,death,horror,humani
6/23/2025 Party Crasher Senryuboy,food,humor,imagery,pl
6/23/2025 Marvin Gaye Clerihewcelebrity,tribute,
6/18/2025 summertime haiku Haikubird,imagery,sky,song,sum
6/7/2025 A Sad, Decrepit Sight Imagismdog,imagery,lost,sad,wint
5/26/2025 apples Haikufruit,imagery,
5/21/2025 Cruelty of Hate Tetractysanalogy,emotions,hate,met
5/21/2025 Reckless Abandon Sijobutterfly,desire,freedom,
5/21/2025 Temptress Free verseencouraging,evil,woman,
5/18/2025 Rain hiku Haikuimagery,rain,spring,
5/14/2025 Flashbacks Verseanxiety,fear,memory,remem
5/13/2025 For A Better Tomorrow Free versedark,hope,horror,life,pov
5/12/2025 a spring haiku Haikuimagery,rain,spring,wind,
5/12/2025 A Crumbled Foundation Verseanalogy,metaphor,perspect
5/12/2025 Three Positive Traits Odeappreciation,perspective,
5/11/2025 Spring Monoku Monokubeauty,color,earth,green,
5/8/2025 Road Trip Versecar,family,humor,journey,
5/4/2025 Mind Over Matter Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
5/4/2025 Fire And Gasoline Twosome Narrativeencouraging,evil,metaphor
5/4/2025 Becoming Haikubutterfly,freedom,growth,
5/2/2025 Pet Acrosticanimal,dog,family,imagery
5/2/2025 Ever And Anon Otherpoetry,
5/2/2025 Daybreak Hiku Haikuappreciation,bird,morning
4/30/2025 Deprived of Your Love Monokuanalogy,loneliness,sad lo
4/27/2025 The Widower Coupletgrief,loneliness,
4/27/2025 Seek Shelter Rhymeconfidence,encouraging,li
4/27/2025 Being A Girl Dad Rhymedaughter,happiness,love,m
4/26/2025 A Keyhole Shapeart,imagery,
4/23/2025 Plagued By Memories Narrativefriendship,memory,mystery
4/21/2025 Fettuccine Alfredo Epulaeryuappreciation,food,how i f
4/21/2025 I Am Poetry Personificationpoetry,
4/20/2025 Tilting For A Fall Narrativebetrayal,conflict,forgive
4/20/2025 The Moment of Truth Versecute love,happiness,roman
4/20/2025 From The Beachside Coupletbeach,imagery,sea,
4/19/2025 Cheesecake Pleiadesappreciation,food,
4/17/2025 Happily Discontent Free verseirony,
4/15/2025 There Is A Place Versebeauty,imagery,imaginatio
4/14/2025 It's Not Too Late Diminished Hexaverseencouraging,inspirational
4/13/2025 Fear of The Unknown Monokuanalogy,fear,mystery,pers
4/13/2025 A Sickness Free versedeep,devotion,endurance,l
4/10/2025 Be Gentle With Yourself Ethereeencouraging,meaningful,pe
4/6/2025 Huge Sigh, Arms Akimbo Imagismdog,home,horror,sad,woman
4/5/2025 Bitter With The Sweet Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
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4/5/2025 Afterglow Diminished Hexaversedesire,encouraging,imager
4/4/2025 The Jewel of Jesus Cinqkuappreciation,jesus,love,r
4/4/2025 The Now Continuum Free versebeauty,freedom,metaphor,n
4/2/2025 What Makes You Feel Monokuemotions,feelings,happine
4/2/2025 False Sense of Pride Kimoperspective,satire,truth,
4/1/2025 Beneath Waltzing Clouds Carpe Diemappreciation,beauty,day,f
3/31/2025 Land And Sea Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
3/30/2025 Conqueror Narrativedrug,endurance,inspiratio
3/30/2025 Dominion Haibuncorruption,courage,fear,h
3/30/2025 days of youth Haikubutterfly,imagery,morning
3/22/2025 Show And Tell Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
3/22/2025 Arrival of Rain Cinqkubeauty,flower,imagery,rai
3/22/2025 The Deepest Cut Cinqkubreak up,emotions,heartbr
3/22/2025 The Door of Uncertainty Versefather,meaningful,perspec
3/22/2025 Maximum Risk Monokuperspective,
3/21/2025 Of Poetry and Prose Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
3/21/2025 Stevie Wonder Clerihewappreciation,celebrity,tr
3/21/2025 A Fistful of Minutes Verseautumn,bird,day,imagery,p
3/21/2025 Useless and Senseless Otheranalogy,perspective,wisdo
3/21/2025 A Playground of Cobwebs Free versechildren,environment,imag
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3/16/2025 Internal Battle Verseconflict,
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3/15/2025 Luther Vandross Clerihewappreciation,celebrity,tr
3/14/2025 Earth Angels Free verseangel,appreciation,perspe
3/14/2025 Quiet Strength Versecharacter,life,strength,
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3/9/2025 Power Reclaimed Free verseabuse,conflict,strength,
3/8/2025 An Old Racehorse Rhymeanalogy,endurance,sports,
3/4/2025 Between A Song Free verseappreciation,encouraging,
2/25/2025 Days In A Life Didacticencouraging,life,upliftin
2/25/2025 The Mediator Sedokaconflict,peace,poetry,
2/23/2025 The Gift of Friendship Kimofriendship,perspective,re
2/23/2025 Lost In a Moment Kimoappreciation,imagery,inse
2/22/2025 Broken Eagle Soars Again Narrativeendurance,journey,life,st
2/22/2025 Theory And Practice Diamantecreation,poetry,words,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitleFormCategories
Changing Sky Pantoumnature,sky,
Truth To Truth Free verseconflict,devotion,heartbr
Whiteness Acrostictribute,
Ransomed Free versefaith,jesus,
listen to life - Free verselife,philosophy,truth,wis
The House of Light Rhymebeauty,nature,
tell the night to hold me - Lyricforgiveness,heartbreak,he
The Sounds of a Rose Free verseflower,rose,
Roses Roses Roses Free versered,rose,
I Wander the Desert Alone Free verseimagery,metaphor,nature,o
Child Diminished Hexaversechild,
Ineffable Free verseallusion,appreciation,bea
to read you - Free verseappreciation,metaphor,pas
Unbearable This Longing Dramatic Versedeath,how i feel,
The Red Leaf Free versedeath,emotions,grief,hear
Some Are Not Meant For This World Free verseabuse,allusion,death,dest
Your Cloud Rhymelove,simple,sky,wind,
Polka Dots and All Sonnet10th grade,beautiful,beau
U G L Y Personificationanti bullying,beautiful,b
My Winter Free verseinspirational,lost love,
Inside a Cubicle Terza Rimawork,
Syllabus Versekiss,love,sensual,
In My Beautiful Dream Versedream,
Tutankhamun Verseadventure,appreciation,hi
Sometimes Love Just Isn'T Enough Free verselost love,
Blink Out Verse10th grade,11th grade,all
No Longer Two Verse10th grade,emotions,feeli
Oneness Verseamerica,destiny,imagery,i
Shooting Stars Verse10th grade,beautiful,imag
Transcending Hope Versehope,
A Muse Abused Versedance,freedom,muse,
Daybreak Versebird,joy,life,morning,
To the One I Long For Free verselonging,love,
Fragility of Fate Free versedeath,love,love hurts,
Fear of the Unknown Narrativefear,feelings,
Spirit Dance of Butterflies Rhymegrief,happiness,
Frown Around Rhymeanxiety,confidence,courag
If Only You Knew Rhymedream,emotions,love,
A Feral Frozen Free verseanimal,appreciation,beaut
Fingertip Tracings Upon My Skin Free versesensual,
To the Dandelion In the Concrete Personificationcharacter,endurance,flowe
The Clown Rhymeangst,character,conflict,
Eye Love, You Free verseappreciation,beauty,muse,
Down the Primrose Path Lyricdark,fear,garden,imagery,
Trees Sobbing Verseemotions,nature,rain,
Would You Still Love Me Free verseanalogy,love,relationship
The Last Good Days of Innocence Free verseinnocence,lost,sorrow,
Soliloquy of Abandoned Lighthouse Rhymehope,light,loneliness,oce
Anodyne Free verseheartbreak,
Thats When I Fall Down Upon My Knees, Song Version Lyricdepression,feelings,god,h
Carousel of Dreams Free verseanalogy,courage,dream,hop
Time Verse10th grade,11th grade,9th
Suicide of Speech Free verseangst,conflict,silence,
The Woman They Know Free verseanalogy,courage,hope,wome
Monsters of the Sea Sijomythology,
Crushed Free versedaughter,death,family,mem
At Cusp of Dawn Rhymemoon,sun,
Memories In the Sand Dramatic Monologuememory,missing you,passio
White Privilege Rhymeracism,
Summer Camping Free versegood night,inspiration,mo
Trance Free versemeaningful,
Simulacrum Sapphic stanzaimagination,
Be To Become Ethereespiritual,
Rebirth of the Third Angel Free verseangel,beauty,butterfly,de
Grandeur of Nature Rhymeimagery,nature,
Dragon's Tooth Sapphic stanzadeath,evil,fantasy,
Goodnight Kisses Verse10th grade,11th grade,age
ambrosia - Free verseappreciation,kiss,love,pa
King Oedipus: Foreshadowing Rhymedark,fate,life,light,
Someone Who Used To Be You Blank versedream,lost love,love,
Ambedo Free verseanalogy,childhood,growth,
Promise Rhymeamerica,appreciation,conf
Queen Rose and Her Many Sisters Imagismflower,
A Poem For My Algebra Teacher Free verse6th grade,abuse,betrayal,
In Soft Tongues Free verseangst,
Catharsis Versedeep,emotions,endurance,f
God Bless the Usa Dramatic Monologueaddiction,satire,usa,
Forlorn Hope Verselost love,moving on,
Susurrus of October Acrosticoctober,song,
A Stranger Came From Nowhere Dramatic Monologueallusion,god,religious,
Lift Somebody's Dawn Lyricencouraging,inspiration,m
I Keep Coming Back Free versedepression,
Forlorn Hope Free versehope,
Frogspawn Haikunature,
I Lay Bare My Wounded Heart Free verseemotions,endurance,lost l
Open Up Free versefaith,hope,love,
Its a Part of Me Prose Poetryemotions,introspection,li
Falsehood Monokuallusion,analogy,
Wise Words To Ponder Monokuwisdom,
Chimera Blank versefairy,fantasy,
Healing Power of the Drum Free verseinspirational,native amer
The Two Drivers In My Life Free versebirthday,childhood,parent
Giving Godly Grace Acrosticgiving,god,
Carpentry Free verseendurance,
A Nightingale Sings of Dawn's Glory Versebreak up,hope,love hurts,
Silhouette Lyricallegory,women,
nonetheless - Free verselost love,moon,ocean,
Of Infinity Personificationperspective,
My Earthly Journey Balladeearth,life,spiritual,
dichotomy - Free verseanalogy,break up,conflict

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Andrea Dietrich United States Flag United States Read
Kim Rodrigues United States Flag United States Read
Eve Roper United States Flag United States Read
Subimal Sinha-Roy India Flag India Read
Line Gauthier Canada Flag Canada Read
Constance La France Canada Flag Canada Read
Kevin Shaw United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Tania Kitchin United States Flag United States Read
Vijay Pandit United States Flag United States Read
Mark Toney United States Flag United States Read
Heidi Sands United States Flag United States Read
Susan Ashley United States Flag United States Read
Gregory Richard Barden United States Flag United States Read
Emile Pinet Canada Flag Canada Read
Lewis Raynes Australia Flag Australia Read
Panagiota Romios United States Flag United States Read
M. L. Kiser United States Flag United States Read
Lady Labyrinth Australia Flag Australia Read
Regina Mcintosh United States Flag United States Read
Rama Balasubramanian India Flag India Read
Sotto Poet United States Flag United States Read
L. J. Carber United States Flag United States Read
Christuraj Alex India Flag India Read
Edward Ebbs United States Flag United States Read
Valsa George India Flag India Read
Lin Lane United States Flag United States Read
Thomas Wells United States Flag United States Read
Paghunda Zahid New Zealand Flag New Zealand Read
Susan Lawrence United States Flag United States Read
Speaks Volumes Australia Flag Australia Read
Derani Blackburn Australia Flag Australia Read
Ink Empress Maldives Flag Maldives Read
Hiya Sharma India Flag India Read
Silent One United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Daniel Henry Rodgers United States Flag United States Read
Don Iannone United States Flag United States Read
Benjamin Bartley United States Flag United States Read
Hilo Poet United States Flag United States Read
Dufflite Xetaw Niue Flag Niue Read
Julianne Williams United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom Read
Kathleen Hassall United States Flag United States Read
K. Parker United States Flag United States Read
Marikate Kingston United States Flag United States Read
Sandra Adams United States Flag United States Read
Maurice Yvonne Canada Flag Canada Read
Susan Gentry United States Flag United States Read
Jeanette Swan Australia Flag Australia Read
Beej Simrov United States Flag United States Read
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Brian Sambourne Canada Flag Canada Read
Lunarya Mornelithe United States Flag United States Read
Anoucheka Gangabissoon Mauritius Flag Mauritius Read
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