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Jasmine Hart

  • Poetry Discussion Re: Name Me Some Poets!

    Seamus Heaney Ann Dean Emily Bronte Langston Hughes and Patrick Kavanagh are all great. "Being Alive" and "Staying Alive" are great anthologies, published by Bloodaxe. They'd introduce you to a ...

    Apr 16, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Jas's Attempts at Poetic Form

    April 12th Free Verse This Play *submitting* April 13th Petrarchan Sonnet Bring Back Pangaea *submitting*

    Apr 14, 2009
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Vital Force

    This flows well.You have some great imagery here. I really love; "I’m a candle in a hurricane. " and "The smell of your skin lingers on me now." Personally, I ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: BOREDOM

    I enjoyed this. It flows well. I especially liked; "By clear skies liberty flies" and "a dream is burning..." and "anxiety sighs unlearning". I think that lines four and six ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: sadness (completely rewritten)

    You use some very good imagery here. I especially loved; "it simmers at the bottom of our souls until it gets a chance to spread like a disease"- it was ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: loss

    Hi, Welcome to YWS! You make some interesting points here, and I love how you consider all the different angles. As a whole, it flows well, with a clear beginning ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Perfection Correction

    This flows perfectly, and you build up nicely to an effective climax. I'd cut the "it"s before "perfect" and"damaged", as you don't really need them. The form is very good:the ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Jas's Attempts at Poetic Form

    Thank you so much Cal! You're very good for my self-esteem! April 11th Triolet One Two Three, One Two Three One two three, one two three, teach me to move ...

    Apr 12, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The Blinded Sonneteer

    Yay, a sonnet! I love sonnets. If you're interested in them,there's a brilliant anthology called "No Bliss Like This", which is definitely worth a read. Your meter is perfect and ...

    Apr 11, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: I am the wild horse

    This is really interesting. I love how you put forward the horse's persona. It's also effective how you make the poem circular by linking the end to the beginning, and ...

    Apr 11, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: “Full stop”

    I love this. It's very clever, and flows very well. It's also very original. Stanzas two and three were particularly witty, and the ending is very effective. I'm not sure ...

    Apr 11, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Throat Muscles

    This flows well and the imagery is good. I especially like; "sour pills long fermenting in your sidestreet pockets", "Your hands flutter to stopper my thrashing veins, " and "splinted ...

    Apr 11, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: The Happy Book:)

    My friends YWS Writing Books books books! New notebooks Book vouchers/music vouchers Phonecalls/emails/texts/letters from friends Meals out Rainbows Films with Johnny Depp Chocolate People getting bet

    Apr 10, 2009
  • Official Polls Re: Do You Get It?

    When in doubt, vote for Pat!

    Apr 10, 2009
  • Official Polls Re: Are You Excited?

    Yes no. Yes for bank holiday Monday, no for impending exams...

    Apr 10, 2009


I went to confront noisy neighbours, only to find the windows dark, stuck with two notes. The ghost, too, had "gone fishing". Something still whistled.
— Liminality