I Am The Dancing Girl

By Roxanne Zusmer

Poetry is my writing of choice, although, essentially, it chooses me! Inspiration can strike anytime, anywhere. A poem runs through my head onto paper often expressing more about me than I was consciously aware of. Usually a WOW! moment, I'm left wondering, where did that come from? At times, my art and poetry merge as one, forming a connective link. I generally don’t favor writing and rewriting poetry. It comes to me and I accept it as a part of me that wants saying. I honor that truth. I might need to dwell on the meaning and clarify, but I know it is written from my core.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roxanne Zusmer
• Release date: Apr 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463979037

Roxanne Zusmer

Roxanne Zusmer, a native of Miami, Florida, has a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling, and a Specialist degree in Educational Leadership. Previously a classroom teacher, Roxanne worked as a school counselor for 23 years, instilling innovative programs, character education, and life training skills, as well as parent education and community involvement. She served as an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University in Miami, and has presented workshops and seminars both locally and nationally. Roxanne has made a significant contribution to the counseling profession having served as president of the Florida School Counselor Association and vice-president of the American School Counselor Association. She has been honored as Counselor of the Year at the local, state, and national levels.Retired from the local school system, Roxanne spends her time reading, writing, and painting. The expressive journey she now follows has opened up new worlds and broader insights. At times, her art and poetry merge as one, forming a connective link. Poetry is her vehicle of choice in exploring the linkage between past and present.I Am The Dancing Girl is a collection of rhyme, free verse, and narrative poetry reaching from Roxanne’s adolescence into her adulthood. She accepts the poetry as a part of her that wants saying, coming from her core. Her whimsical writings can be like a facade, covering what’s lying beneath the surface that is not ready to emerge, or they can be just that – quirky, fanciful fun.Roxanne Zusmer is the author of five other books: Mr. Germain Goes To Antarctica, Top 10 Topics for School Counselors, Creative Coloring Books 1 and 2, and Looking for the Rainbow’s End.

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I Am The Dancing Girl

Roxanne Zusmer

Copyright 2020 by Roxanne Zusmer

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be

reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.

First Edition: January 2020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 9781093644388

Free Verse

Rhyme

And

Narrative

Poetry

she has a voice, a name,

an identity other than

what she lets you see --

her true self, her best voice

an invisible force

fearless, passionate,

remembering

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hidden Moon

I Am The Dancing Girl

Living The Lie

Without A Place To Call My Own

Ashes

Life Is

Day By Day

The Little Girl Ran

Invisible

A Special Hiding Place

Safe Space

Are You Looking For Me

My Eyes Wide Open

The Real Power

In The Dark Of Night

Within My Head

Wall of Tears

Mortality

The Thunderous Clap

What Did They Do With The Ashes

Cold Wintry Day

Alone In My Head

Within My Room

My Friend

Sorta

Again

Tranquility Of Mind

Togetherness

Illusions Of Our Minds

New Tomorrows

Allow Yourself To Be

Welcome Home

Like Soldiers Standing In A Row

Worlds Of Dreams And Reality

Listen For The Sparrow's Song

Simple Things

He Knows, But Knows Not Why

I'm A Little Girl In Grown-up Shoes

Sunday

White Pinafore

The Things We Remember

Thoughts

The Silenced Swing

A Single Dried Rose

How Many Times

Releasing Passion

Ode To An Artichoke

Six Word Poems

The White Satin Dress

Chocolate Curls

Anne Frank

Haunting Spirits

I Am Not, Nor Can I Ever Be

Soot

Replay

Last Place

I Am

Somewhere

The Pains Of The Children

No More Sunshine

They Say I Was Not There

She Is My Sister

Thick Layers Of Cream

Murphy, NC Population 1,956

What's In A Pencil

Text

A Sometime Thing

Never Doubt

A Line or Two

Never Be Forgotten

Silent Thoughts

The Moments That We've Shared

Two Little Words

The Softest Words

When I Am With You

Somebody

Hidden Moon

hidden moon

starless night

deep lagoon

eyes shut tight

darkest core

funeral dress

nothing more

nothing less

chunks of coal

bruised and scarred

endless hole

sunlight barred

all is lost

total black

what's the cost

can't turn back

I Am The Dancing Girl

alone in my room

I search the walls

like when I was a child

for signs of life in inanimate forms

made by the swirls of painters’ brushes

blades and such

scared by