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My Human Nature 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." My poems "Ambling Through The Meadow" and "Depression" appeared in the "Reflections on the Important Things" 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.

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 Human Nature Poetry Contest is finalized!

Blog Posted:9/21/2018 3:36:00 PM

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in my Human Nature contest! I had so much fun reading your wonderful entries. I couldn't be more pleased to see that most of you knocked my new form out of the park!  You guys gave me some truly phenomenal Yalto poems!

Some poets didn't follow the rules I stipulated and were unfortunately disqualified. I made it clear I wanted only Yalto poetry. I even posted the syllables of the form, but some participants still submitted the wrong form. There's one poet who nailed the form, but he put his name in his poem. It's really disheartening to DQ a poem for that reason! It's very important carefully read the contest descriptions first to avoid being disqualified. 

I placed only 16 entries this time. To the poets that didn't place, please don't take it to heart as I always judge blindly.  Heartiest congratulations to all the winners!



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Constance
La France
Date: 10/4/2018 4:38:00 PM
Edward, thanks so much for another great contest and congratulations to all your winners ~
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Gregory Richard
Barden
Date: 9/23/2018 11:18:00 PM
This was a wonderful contest, Edward, and I find short forms, (especially those with irregular syllable counts), very challenging, and an opportunity to say the most you can with the fewest words, which is tough for me ... I have difficulty keeping ANYthing short, but I'm trying to do better with that, as most people just don't take the time to read longer forms, (understandably), and the majority of my poems are longer. I so admire that in other poets, and it's something I aspire to, (though a long way to go, lol). I loved your form and the theme, and this was a joyous project! Thank you so much, and congratulations to all those who placed. Blessings! :-)
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Tania
Kitchin
Date: 9/23/2018 7:58:00 AM
Sorry I didn't get one submitted but I will try to use your form sometime soon! Congratulations to the winners.
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Jan
Allison
Date: 9/22/2018 3:37:00 AM
I was delighted to be on your winners list and hope you run another contest using this challenging form . I read some beautiful poems. Many congrats to all the winners:-)hugs Jan xx
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 9/21/2018 6:13:00 PM
I enjoyed your Yalto form, Edward and found it not difficult to write in that form on the topic of human nature. Thanks for my placement. I hope to read all the winners and congratulate them.
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Mark
Toney
Date: 9/21/2018 3:59:00 PM
Edward, thank you for your most excellent contest. Your Yalto form is a winner! We look forward to your next contest :)
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