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My 'This or That, Vol 15' poetry contest is finalized! - Edward Ibeh's Blog

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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

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, "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"

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.

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 'This or That, Vol 15' poetry contest is finalized!

Blog Posted:1/18/2023 5:21:00 AM

Greetings and heartiest congratulations to all my winners! Whether your poem placed or not, thank you! N/As were because of not adhering to contest rules, wrong/incomplete poem titles, poems without dates, contest title, name of sponsor at the bottom.

I'll visit all winning poems and post my next contest soon. Have a blessed day, soupers!:-)



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Constance
La France
Date: 1/21/2023 4:01:00 PM
Edward, thank you so much for the contest and my placement, and congrats to all your winners, Constance
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Valsa
George
Date: 1/19/2023 8:45:00 AM
Thanks a lot Edward for the beautiful conduct of poetry contests. Your topics are diverse and challenging, but quite interesting also. I look forward to your contests. Happy To say, I have been a winner in all your contests I participated...
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Edward Ibeh
Date: 1/20/2023 10:34:00 AM
You're quite welcome, Valsa:-) I appreciate you always supporting my contests!

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