Poet

Terese Woll is a Southern California native, born in West Covina and raised in California's Inland Empire and San Diego. She studied Creative Writing and Literature at San Diego State University under the mentorship of Harold Jaffe, author and founder of Fiction International, earning her Master of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Creative Writing. Terese has been writing for many years and began publishing some of her work in 2025.

Captivated by the literary styles of ancient Middle Eastern writing, she released two collections of poetry based on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament:    

Bible Haiku, and Bible Verses.

In her third collection of poetry Terese examines the villanelle structure.  Side By Side, explores pairs of identical poems arranged next to each other but expressed in two different forms—the original free verse poems alongside their transformation into the structured form of the villanelle. 

Terese is currently and constantly working on poems as they manifest in her heart and mind.  You can see her latest poem in progress on this website.  Terese also writes fiction in the form of short stories and a fictional historic novel - which she is currently crafting into reality.

When she isn't writing, Terese can be found running the trails near her northern San Diego County home.  She is available for poetry readings as well as small group and book club discussions.  She also enjoys conversations that come to her through this website.  Feel free to contact her any time.