About the Author

Richard Rizo is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and musician whose work explores the raw edges of love, loss, and self-discovery. Known for his emotionally charged voice and powerful vulnerability, Richard creates art that doesn’t just speak—it resonates. Whether through verse, melody or movement, he seeks to confront the beauty and brutality of the human experience head-on.

Born in New York and shaped by a rich cultural heritage, Richard brings a deeply personal lens to every piece of work. Random Acts of Love and Violence, his debut poetry collection, marks a bold step into the literary world—an unfiltered offering of his inner life, broken into moments of tenderness, confusion, rage, and redemption.

When he’s not writing, you’ll find Richard behind a microphone, behind the piano, or pushing physical and emotional boundaries through his strength and conditioning business, Hades Strength.