The Poetry of Sue Kunitz

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Published Works:
A Day in Winter's Mouth
Betty
The Boss
Braced for Impact
Dryer
Ice Speaks
Love in Winter
The Moon
Paddling
The Secret Dancer
She Wolf
Telephone Lines
What Doesn't Feel Like Work
Women's Retreat
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The Secret Dancer

He sits in a wheel chair
All day
Then he goes dancing at night
He is a secret dancer
In the dust of his apartment
Black dancing shoes are hidden
Beneath newspaper
Next to the silver needle
That picks his legs to life
Or bends them with spasms
In the morning

Published under maiden name Sue Furnas
in Sticks & Stones (1974-1975)
at St. Cloud State University