Renee Danette is recently retired after teaching for 43 years in a small school district on Long Island. During her first year of retirement she self-published her first poetry collection entitled, Woman On The Edge Of Time. Primitive Dancer, a celebration to all who feel the joy when spinning under the sun's ray and twirling beneath the moonbeams, is her second formal collection of personal poetry. Renee Danette still lives on Long Island, enjoying all that this magical place offers. Currently she is finalizing her third book of poetry and is working on a fourth.