Ed Roberts
Biography Ed Roberts (born June 27, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American poet, writer and publisher currently based in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Ed Roberts
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- 1958
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- poet
- Education
- Putnam City High School
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Ed Roberts was born June 27, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated Putnam City High School in 1976. After a life-threatening illness in the year 2000 Roberts began to publicly share his poetry.
Poetry for life series
Poetry for life series
• Poetry For Life The Poetry For Life Project, 2006. • Save Our Selves • A Walk Through Time
Anthologies
Anthologies
• Iyengar-Paddy, Padmaja, ed. Amaravati Poetic Prism 2017 Cultural Centre of Vijayawada & Amaravati (CCVA), Vijayawada, 2017. • Iyengar-Paddy, Padmaja, ed. Amaravati Poetic Prism 2018 Cultural Centre of Vijayawada & Amaravati (CCVA), Vijayawada, 2018. • Iyengar-Paddy, Padmaja, ed. Amaravati Poetic Prism 2019 Cultural Centre of Vijayawada & Amaravati (CCVA), Vijayawada, 2020. • Dravis, Betty and Von, Chase, eds. Dream Reachers II VonChasePublishing, 2011.
Publications and honors
Roberts has given readings and speeches about poetry in schools, universities and at poetry festivals. In 2005 Roberts represented the United States with nine other writers at the Odyssey International Festival in Amman, Jordan. He serves as the parliamentarian for the Poetry Society of Oklahoma. Roberts is the author of ten poetry collections. Roberts’ poems have also been published by The Poetic Voices Magazine and The Poetry Sharings Journal.
Style and influences
His poems are mainly written in free verse. without regular meter, rhyme, and alliteration. According to Roberts these characteristics of poetry "would not translate the same in other languages." Roberts had a poem translated into Cherokee for inclusion in the anthology Amaravati Poetic Prism 2019. Roberts writing is influenced by his Oklahoma and Cherokee heritage.
Poetry collections
• A Poet's Last Stand. A Collection of Poems & Song Lyrics. Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2002 / Createspace, 2014. • Whispers, Tears, Prayers and Hope. Poetry & Song Lyrics. VonChasePublishing Company, 2008. / Createspace, 2016. • Everything Must Have a Beginning, a Middle, and an End Createspace, 2014. • When Words Escape You, You Can Use Mine Createspace, 2014. • I'm Still Standing Createspace, 2014. • Sometimes We Wait Createspace, 2016. • From the Pill to the Bottle to You Createspace, 2016. • The Traveler Createspace, 2016. • Words for the Heart from over 40 years of Marriage Createspace, 2017.
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- 1.Ed Roberts (amayhem) | LibraryThing Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- 2.“City poet to attend Jordan festival”, The Oklahoman, August 21, 2005. Oklahoma City, OK
- 3.Hunter, Chad. Poet's work published in Cherokee language. Cherokee Phoenix. 14 May 2020.
- 4.Current Officers. Poetry Society of Oklahoma.
- 5.Chase, Von. Your Chance to Hear the Last Panther Speak. Von Chase Publishing. 2007. 978-0976678700.
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