Owl hoots a warning
In darkness I freeze, breathstopped
Leaf crunches nearby
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Teresa Renton has a first-class degree in English Linguistics and Language Creativity. Her work has previously been published or is forthcoming in Ink in Thirds, Flash Fiction Magazine, Across the Margin, Stick Figure Poetry, 101 Words, and elsewhere. She has recently been a finalist in Women on Writing’s Autumn ‘25 flash fiction competition.
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Teresa Renton
Inhaling life, exhaling stories, poetry, prose, flash or fusions. An imperfect perfectionist who writes and recycles words. I write because I love how it feels to make ink patterns & form words, like pictures, on a page.
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The Devil Invades
It crawls in my brain; Satan spins his slick poison. Now I bow, possessed. ***** Other reads: Teresa Renton has a first-class degree in English Linguistics and Language Creativity. Her work has previously been published or is forthcoming in Good Printed Things Poetry Anthology:Food Memories, Ink in Thirds, Flash Fiction Magazine, Across the Margin, and elsewhere. She has recently been a finalist in Women on Writing’s Autumn ‘25 flash fiction competition.
By Teresa Renton3 months ago in Poets
The Colors Of The Five Senses
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What If? Writing Exercise for Fiction Writers prompts The Exercise — Using five different-colored highlighters, mark a text with a different color for each sense impression, e.g., blue for visual, red for auditory, green for taste, etc. Synaesthesia would, of course, be indicated by more than one color. Writers vary greatly in terms of the dominance of one sense or another. The goal, though, is to find passages using all five senses — then to write such passages. The Objective — To heighten awareness of the need for a full repertoire of sense evocations in good writing. Ideally, you should call forth all five senses as well as synaesthesia. The writer thereby evokes from the reader a full range of responses.
By Denise E Lindquist5 days ago in Poets
Comments (4)
I really like the 1st image ✨coz its give winter vibes to meee
This one gave me goosebumps 😀
Fantastic! Just these few lines gave me a visceral experience. 🦉🍂👀
Fabulous work Teresa!