Dennis Ryan Quotes

Right now, always, I choose life. Life over Death. Life always—despite the police, their violence and stupidity. The determination to live—yes, this the choice always.

The are many ways to write a poem. Conscious ways. Then there is the unconscious. And feeling, writing by feeling, intuition, feeling one's way along, ahead, as the poem gets written, this way somewhat akin to "automatic writing".

Sunday, May 28,2023 at 8: 30 a.m. Life over Death. Life writing. Life always—despite the violence, terror and stupidity of the police—American police departments—who have no conscience, experience no shame. The determination to live—this the choice always.

Monday, May 29,2023 at 9: 30 a.m. More to the point, what if I should lose you? Enduring loss after loss, I have come to realize that saying ‘me' says ‘you' simultaneously, and such newfound knowledge is bitter, grievous, and I don't know how to grieve such added grief.

Tuesday morning, May 30,2023 at 9: 52 a.m. We are born, we live, and we die alone. Nothing can change, stop or delay the process, this most intimate, intense rendezvous with Death. This basic human loneliness—wrap this shawl tight around you, me, our families, our poverty, as we commence our final trek through the cold.

Saturday morning, June 3, 2023 at 8: 36 a.m. "Sculpture is diary then—what the sculptor was thinking, feeling while at work, when, why this particular cut, bend, curve, slope so painstakingly rendered—the chisel, stone, hammer, the promise of the human form, it's potential, so much more—this … the first time I beheld Blue Dancer." (This is an excerpt from my poem titled "Alexander Archipenko's ‘Blue Dancer' ".)

Friday, June 9, 2023 at 8: 48 a.m. "Sometimes my little voice says a lot to you if you take the time to think about my words, meditate on them, their meanings to better understand yourself and me …"

The police, American police forces have neither conscience nor shame—they murder and disappear innocent persons indiscriminately, then go on their way without a thought about their heinous misdeeds, actions. Then they do it again. Saturday morning, June 17, 2023 at 7: 28 a.m.

American police forces, the FBI use anyone and everyone—neighbors, yours and mine—to carry out covert operations against chosen targets, to cover up police crimes committed with impunity. Wednesday morning, June 21, 2023 at 10: 38 a.m.

How explain the police's curious failure to protect and serve? Take the Raleigh PD for example—though the Cary PD are equally guilty of this failure. The answer is ‘selective policing', that is ‘political policing'—the police choose when and where and who to serve—clearly, I am not one of the chosen, no, not one of them. Instead, I am the target, the victim—the polices'. The police fail to help—hinder me—give no service. I am the continuous target, their target, the victim, victimized by them over and over again. (Thursday morning, June 22, 2023 at 7: 26 a.m.)