Richard White's Poetry

The Weight We Carry in Silence: Why I Wrote The Quiet After the Sirens

There’s a sound that never leaves you. It isn’t the siren. It’s the silence that follows. The moment when the call is over, the adrenaline fades, and all that’s left is your heartbeat echoing in your ears as you sit in the rig or stare …

“What Comes Next: The Story Continues…”

College is in the rearview—and now the real adventure begins. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be finishing my memoir, applying for jobs in publishing and editing, launching Sigma Writing Solutions, and getting ready to begin my MFA at SNHU in August. Also helping my daughter Ollie start college herself, while polishing Gemini Project, my debut fiction novel.

Chapter 3 rewrites, and developmental edits.

In honor of EMS Week and Mental Health Awareness Month, read a raw excerpt from The Quiet After the Sirens—a memoir about trauma, silence, and survival.

Writing Memoir in Scenes: Telling Mental Health Stories That Heal

Memoir writing is more than memory—it’s a journey of healing. By telling our mental health stories in scenes, we create connection, meaning, and transformation.

The Weight We Carry: Mental Health in EMS and the Silence That Follows

We don’t talk about what we see. Not really. We joke, we deflect, we survive. But The Quiet After the Sirens is about what happens when the silence breaks.

Walking Through Fire: A Warrior’s Reflection for Mental Health Awareness Month

The first of May rises not just with spring’s fragile bloom but with the tremble of a war drum echoing deep within my chest. Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month, and for those like me—those who wear their wounds beneath the skin …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Burning Soul-Relaunch

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Inner Flame PressEmail: admin@authorrichardwhite.comWebsite: https://poetry.authorrichardwhite.com/books/burning-soul Poetry Collection Burning Soul by S.L. Goyette Illuminates the Darkness of Life’s Deepest Struggles [Amsterdam, NY | April 2025] – Inner Flame Press proudly announces the relaunch of Burning Soul, a powerful debut poetry collection by …

NaPoWriMo Day 2: From Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Drawn from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, this blackout poem explores the philosophy of self-overcoming. Nietzsche famously wrote, “One must have chaos within to give birth to a dancing star.” This piece embraces that tension—how darkness, struggle, and the unknown shape transformation. The erasure leaves behind fragments of existential battle and ascent, mirroring the journey of one who dares to evolve beyond their former self.

March of the Writers – Day 31: To Be Continued…

By @RWhiteAuthor As March comes to a close, so does this incredible journey through March of the Writers. For 31 days, we’ve explored our passions, reflected on our inspirations, shared our challenges, and celebrated our writing lives. Each day has been a new opportunity to …

Whiskey and the Winter Wind

Whiskey and the Winter Wind is not a departure from Whiskey and the Autumn Wind-it is the reckoning that follows. The same soul remains, seated at the same worn wooden table, a glass still within reach, but the world beyond the window has shifted. Where autumn once …