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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.

 

 


"Pick-A-Title, Vol. 51 Poetry Contest" is finalized

Blog Posted:5/17/2025 12:39:00 PM

Greetings, soupers!

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in my "Pick-A-Title, Vol. 51" poetry contest! What a treat to read and judge so many great poems!  Except for out-of-theme poems, I loved every poem submitted. Unfortunately, some didn't make the top 25 cut. Heartiest congratulations to the winners!

Reason for N/As:

Old poem submitted/Wrong title

Your poem had nothing to do with my prompts/themes

Misunderstanding of contest requirements/rules

I wanted more out of your poem. 

I liked your poem, but it didn't make the winners list. Sorry.

 

My next contest should be up soon. Good luck everyone!

 

 



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Date: 5/23/2025 2:50:00 PM
Edward, thank you for the contest and my placement, I always enjoy your themes, blessings ~
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Date: 5/19/2025 5:44:00 PM
sending you my thanks and appreciation, edward...blessings!
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Date: 5/19/2025 11:12:00 AM
Thanks for the contest. It was fun.
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Date: 5/18/2025 11:41:00 PM
Thank you Edward for sponsoring such a contest with themes that spark our muses. Congratulations to all the winners. Stay creative everyone! ^___^ JCB
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Date: 5/17/2025 2:57:00 PM
Edward, thank you so much for the contest and my placement, always love your themes, blessings ~
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Date: 5/17/2025 10:50:00 PM
You're welcome, Constance:-)

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"Pick-A-Title, Vol. 51 Poetry Contest" is finalized
Date Posted: 5/17/2025 12:39:00 PM
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6/7/2025 A Sad, Decrepit Sight Imagismdog,imagery,lost,sad,wint
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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
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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,
4/5/2025 Attic Rummaging Versebooks,clothes,home,
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
3/20/2025 Exercise Regimen Versehealth,perspective,truth,
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3/20/2025 Tunnel Vision Nonethow i feel,love,
3/19/2025 The Loves of My Life Tankablessing,family,love,
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 I Choose To Dwell In The Clouds Free versedark,farewell,freedom,hom
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
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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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2/17/2025 To Comfort You Sedokaemotions,encouraging,
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2/12/2025 Opportune Versebird,hope,symbolism,
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2/7/2025 forevermore valentine Senryucute love,imagery,romanti
2/6/2025 Unboxed Memories Free verseappreciation,imagery,memo
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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
tell the night to hold me - Lyricforgiveness,heartbreak,he
I Wander the Desert Alone Free verseimagery,metaphor,nature,o
to read you - Free verseappreciation,metaphor,pas
The House of Light Rhymebeauty,nature,
The Sounds of a Rose Free verseflower,rose,
The Red Leaf Free versedeath,emotions,grief,hear
Child Diminished Hexaversechild,
Roses Roses Roses Free versered,rose,
Ineffable Free verseallusion,appreciation,bea
Your Cloud Rhymelove,simple,sky,wind,
Some Are Not Meant For This World Free verseabuse,allusion,death,dest
Polka Dots and All Sonnet10th grade,beautiful,beau
Unbearable This Longing Dramatic Versedeath,how i feel,
Inside a Cubicle Terza Rimawork,
In My Beautiful Dream Versedream,
U G L Y Personificationanti bullying,beautiful,b
My Winter Free verseinspirational,lost love,
Syllabus Versekiss,love,sensual,
Blink Out Verse10th grade,11th grade,all
Oneness Verseamerica,destiny,imagery,i
Shooting Stars Verse10th grade,beautiful,imag
Tutankhamun Verseadventure,appreciation,hi
A Muse Abused Versedance,freedom,muse,
Sometimes Love Just Isn'T Enough Free verselost love,
To the One I Long For Free verselonging,love,
Transcending Hope Versehope,
No Longer Two Verse10th grade,emotions,feeli
Daybreak Versebird,joy,life,morning,
Spirit Dance of Butterflies Rhymegrief,happiness,
Fragility of Fate Free versedeath,love,love hurts,
Fear of the Unknown Narrativefear,feelings,
Frown Around Rhymeanxiety,confidence,courag
If Only You Knew Rhymedream,emotions,love,
Fingertip Tracings Upon My Skin Free versesensual,
A Feral Frozen Free verseanimal,appreciation,beaut
Would You Still Love Me Free verseanalogy,love,relationship
The Clown Rhymeangst,character,conflict,
Down the Primrose Path Lyricdark,fear,garden,imagery,
To the Dandelion In the Concrete Personificationcharacter,endurance,flowe
Eye Love, You Free verseappreciation,beauty,muse,
The Last Good Days of Innocence Free verseinnocence,lost,sorrow,
White Privilege Rhymeracism,
Trees Sobbing Verseemotions,nature,rain,
Thats When I Fall Down Upon My Knees, Song Version Lyricdepression,feelings,god,h
Time Verse10th grade,11th grade,9th
Suicide of Speech Free verseangst,conflict,silence,
The Woman They Know Free verseanalogy,courage,hope,wome
Memories In the Sand Dramatic Monologuememory,missing you,passio
Soliloquy of Abandoned Lighthouse Rhymehope,light,loneliness,oce
Anodyne Free verseheartbreak,
Carousel of Dreams Free verseanalogy,courage,dream,hop
Trance Free versemeaningful,
Monsters of the Sea Sijomythology,
Crushed Free versedaughter,death,family,mem
Grandeur of Nature Rhymeimagery,nature,
Be To Become Ethereespiritual,
Rebirth of the Third Angel Free verseangel,beauty,butterfly,de
At Cusp of Dawn Rhymemoon,sun,
King Oedipus: Foreshadowing Rhymedark,fate,life,light,
ambrosia - Free verseappreciation,kiss,love,pa
Summer Camping Free versegood night,inspiration,mo
Goodnight Kisses Verse10th grade,11th grade,age
Simulacrum Sapphic stanzaimagination,
Promise Rhymeamerica,appreciation,conf
Dragon's Tooth Sapphic stanzadeath,evil,fantasy,
Catharsis Versedeep,emotions,endurance,f
Someone Who Used To Be You Blank versedream,lost love,love,
Queen Rose and Her Many Sisters Imagismflower,
Ambedo Free verseanalogy,childhood,growth,
I Lay Bare My Wounded Heart Free verseemotions,endurance,lost l
God Bless the Usa Dramatic Monologueaddiction,satire,usa,
A Stranger Came From Nowhere Dramatic Monologueallusion,god,religious,
Susurrus of October Acrosticoctober,song,
A Poem For My Algebra Teacher Free verse6th grade,abuse,betrayal,
Forlorn Hope Verselost love,moving on,
In Soft Tongues Free verseangst,
Falsehood Monokuallusion,analogy,
Forlorn Hope Free versehope,
Lift Somebody's Dawn Lyricencouraging,inspiration,m
Open Up Free versefaith,hope,love,
Frogspawn Haikunature,
Its a Part of Me Prose Poetryemotions,introspection,li
Wise Words To Ponder Monokuwisdom,
I Keep Coming Back Free versedepression,
Chimera Blank versefairy,fantasy,
Carpentry Free verseendurance,
Healing Power of the Drum Free verseinspirational,native amer
Giving Godly Grace Acrosticgiving,god,
The Two Drivers In My Life Free versebirthday,childhood,parent
Of Infinity Personificationperspective,
A Nightingale Sings of Dawn's Glory Versebreak up,hope,love hurts,
A Cross To Bear Rhymeangst,
Yalto-In Rows of Yellow Corn Versewriting,
nonetheless - Free verselost love,moon,ocean,
dichotomy - Free verseanalogy,break up,conflict

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Speaks Volumes Australia Flag Australia Read
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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry