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Just one who likes to write, to learn, and to reflect.

 Richard R Radtke
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I have been over the years a reporter, an editor, and a newspaper publisher. I found that the bland work of story composition in the industry became more of a chore than a love, so I have written these simply for the love of writing. Some have been pubished, some have not. I have found though that I love them all.

Although my pen has not touched paper for a few years, the stories are there and waiting to be written once again. I have found looking back on what is here and what is not here, for I have not shard them all, that what I do write, I write for myself, and while they are not perhaps the polished prose of the great writers in literature they do in their own way bring me peace and allow me to look back a bit and reflect.

What is here to be shared, has no one meaning, no central theme, and nothing that is right or wrong in interpretation of them. One thing I intensly dislike is the thought that another takes it upon themself to describe "my" meaning of a story, when in fact what they describe is their own interpretation of my story, and for them it is correct, because everything written brings a differant meaning to each of us, a perspective that is based on our own lives, and that is as it should be. The statement should not be, "The author meant this when he wrote that", but rather, "I carried away this impression when I read this authors work."



Birth Place: Sioux City, IA United States

Accomplishments: Published in two books
Obviously still sending out works and collecting rejection slips
     



Short Stories

The Option File
 by Richard R Radtke
Hmmm, what to say?...


The Advance
 by Richard R Radtke
The Advance is a look upon the face of war and what it costs......


Upon This Rock
 by Richard R Radtke
A man I remember...


And the Bugle Called...
 by Richard R Radtke
This essay really has no particular genre, it is one that will be read many ways by many people. It has been published more than once and usually generates some comments. ...


The Surrender of Fort Fearless
 by Richard R Radtke
There are milestones in all our lives this was one for me. The story has nothing to do with war, actually it is just a childhood memory. Of all the things I have written this perhaps is the one I hold...


While Super Hero Men Sleep
 by Richard R Radtke
Just a short story on the day in the life of two children...


Porches
 by Richard R Radtke
Just a look back at days gone by when you could watch the world from your porch....


This Troubled Land (Chapter One)
 by Richard R Radtke
The first chapter of a book I have been working on. I would appreciate feedback!...


I Can Fly Dad!
 by Richard R Radtke
Remember running around the house with a towel tucked into your shirt and flying like Superman? Kids still do, and probably always will. Here you will find the story of a child who did too....


The Great Fishing Trip
 by Richard R Radtke
Just a fun story...


Lady Luck and Lightning Bugs
 by Richard R Radtke
Have you ever found a four leaf clover?...


Faith and the five year old
 by Richard R Radtke
Just a story from a friend...



Poetry

Willis's Song
 by Richard R Radtke
A child, a day, and a father... Written for my son a long time ago, a child then, a soldier now......


The Sword That Seeks
 by Richard R Radtke
Take it as you may...


A Child's Tears
 by Richard R Radtke
Another short on growing up...


The Red, Red Rose and Death
 by Richard R Radtke
A poem I wrote regarding a friend...


what be
 by Richard R Radtke
It is what it is, and it will always be that way.......


The Graves We Dig
 by Richard R Radtke
Just a short poem from the battlefield...


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