My name is Richard Reichwein and I like to be called “Big Rich.” I was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1950. My childhood was very unstable, after a period of time my parents got divorced. Because of the unstable home, the courts decided to place myself and two of my brothers into the Omaha Home for Boys where I lived until graduating from Benson High School.
Over the years I have had several different jobs. While working at a print shop I asked my boss if it was possible to use their computer after hours. I was given permission and this started a new journey in my life. I began to write a few poems and found out that this was a great way to express my inner feelings. One day, while sharing some of my poems with a longtime friend who had also been my school counselor at the Omaha Home for Boys, he suggested that the poems should be in a book for others to read. After talking with him about creating a book, I found myself spending as much time as possible writing.
I have had several poems published in a small publication called “The Quill”. My first book of poems was published in 2007 and is simply titled “Poems by Big Rich“