Donna Marie Merritt

Who is Donna Marie Merritt?

Donna Marie Merritt is an American poet. Writing about such topics as unemployment and cancer, her poetry has been described as “the real thing, [a] moving human experience artfully expressed” by poet Dave Morrison. Merritt’s collections contain serious and humorous poems, and the poetic forms range from traditional verse to free verse to haiku.

Merritt is also an award-winning children’s author. A former teacher, her children’s books are primarily interactive math and science books.