Values, Beauty, Blame, and Overcoming - Prose Poetry

Four Poetry Books. One Wild, Honest Voice.

Ricky Browne’s poetry doesn’t sit quietly. It plays, it punches, it provokes. Across four distinctive collections, you’ll find the full range: from laugh-out-loud absurdity to grounded, reflective verse with heart and heat.

One book leans fully into the ridiculous—crafted for chuckles, smirks, and snorts. Two others weave humor through deeper themes, balancing insight with levity. And one stands more contemplative, a mirror held up to the inner world.

Together, they offer a tapestry of moods, all threaded by the same no-nonsense voice—a poet unafraid to say what matters or poke fun where needed.

Coming soon: the magnum opus—a prose poetry collection about true love. Not the sugarcoated kind, but the kind that endures. Grit, grace, mess, and magic. The real stuff. The forever stuff. The book of a lifetime.

Example:

Poem 39 Gratitude

I was overcome

with gratitude

once I overcame

the idea

that the future

will be better

I now know the now

is to be embraced

to be fruitful

I will once

I will when

it will be different once

it will be different when

if it’s bad

make the changes needed

if you think it’s not good

but you’re just not

appreciating it

not

embracing it

Stop!

be grateful

It makes all the difference