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About me - Donna Kroll

Life is exciting and everchanging!

I am the mother of two adult sons, raising them was a joy and delight. They have taught me more than any university could.

I raced cars in my thirties and competed with Team USA Karate in my forties. Now that I'm in my fifties,

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Home
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ScotlandI traveled by planeBy bus and by trainTo the land of my fathersFrom whence they cameHills of green velvetMountains of stoneThe wild land of strengthThat they called homeTrees there grow tallAnd heather sweetThe turf is softBeneath my feetI feel the echoesOf warriors strongPlaintive bagpipe strainsCall me with it's son... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Identity
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I Am The RockI am the rockthat people cling towhen things are roughbattered and chippedpieces crumbling awayfrom the pressures of life.I am the rockstrong and yet fragilecracks from too many fallsfrom the strain of life's stressesshowing a core of iron.I am the ironstrong and yet malleablebeing blended with elementsfrom life'... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Suicidal thoughts
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My Inner FightI feel so coldRight to the boneI am so frightenedI'm so aloneDarkness beckonsWith tempting gainNo more sadnessNo more painFamily and friendsShow a ray of lightThey are so awareOf my inner fightThey hold me closeThey won't let me leaveThey hear me weepThey let me grieveSo with this helpI will remainAnd maybe, som... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sorrow
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The Rain Must FallIt is a part of life, they sayTroubles come to callStorms come over the horizonAnd the rain must fallCares and woe will always beA part of every lifeThere will be days, where all you'll seeAre gloomy times of strifeRemember that the storm will endThe strain and pain will easeThe sun will shine in your lifeIn... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Poverty
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HaitiThere is a tropical paradiseOf great beauty, a rich history, and moreWhere children eat dirt because they're hungryWhere babies curl up to sleep on the floorAnd the majority of it's peopleAre devastatingly poor.YET-These same people own spiritsThat shine from their souls, clear to seeThey let nothing defeat themNot pover... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Facing life
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The Hourglass SandsThere was a timeNot long agoWhen love and lifeHad been given such blowsThat killed the loveAnd laid the life lowI thought all was lostThat it was the endThat I could neverFind love againThat life would now beFull of what happened thenThe Lady of StarsAnd the Lord of TimeSuddenly appearedAnd stood by my side... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Courage
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The FeatherI carry a seagull featherIn my notebook wherever I goI use it as my inspirationFor courage, when I need it to showOne day, on the beach, I was walkingWhen this white feather caught my eyeComing to rest, right in front of my feetDrifting slowly down from the skyI looked to see where it came fromAnd I saw a bird of t... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reality
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Black & WhiteSome look at lifeAs all black or all whiteAs if no one elseCould possibly be rightThat only those who agreeMay walk in the lightAll else are to blameFor the world's every plightSome seem to thinkIn shades of grayThat fade back and forthFrom day to dayI see the worldIn rainbow huesWilling to listenTo alternate... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's paths

Walk in the LightI will live my lifeIn a mannerThat I think is rightI'm slowly findingThe path that is mineI'm slowly seeingThat I can't solve every problemThat resolution isn't always possibleI'm slowly seeking outThe people that should walk with meThe ones full of hopeThe ones that feel joyThe ones that love lifeAnd leaving... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Searching
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TreasuresWe've been searching all of our livesFor treasures, lost in timeA map, a code, an ancient spellTo find a fortune fineWhat we have forgottenIs that treasure does aboundOn every road we travelEvery time we look aroundThe sun shines golden on usAnd all that we can seeInfusing us with powerTo be all that we can beRivers ... More..

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