Pampas Grass Near Malibu Comments

One who walks this slope Sees them grow to dream-catchers of sunlight Sees the promise of winter fulfilled The earthly corolla of their filaments celebrating the sun - - - - - - - - - Beautiful imagery- - - - - Pompas grass as dream catchers of sunlight..Enjoyed reading this poem.

This is a great poem. I enjoyed it. I looked up the pampas grass plant. It looks very profuse, prolific and beautiful in its own way. I first confused this with the Lord's Candle, which is more of a desert plant, even more imposing and beautiful; I mean the yucca variety that grows in semi-desert regions. (The Lord's Candle can be described as 'taking up positions as leafy soldiers around the Castle Elsinore'.) But I guess that your poem is talking about flowering pampas grass. Would have been good if you had given us a clarification in your Notes. I am not sure if the hoi polloi (general crowd) on Poemhunter (since invaded by Ninjuns and Poetasters) would appreciate poetry which is of such a high quality. Poetry is more than a mere gush of raw feeling or rabid imagination.

I see a lot of candles lighting up in your poem. You have captured the beautiful hillside scene of a sweeping botanical evolution. Your host has named the plant 'god's candle' in a very meaningful manner. Inscrutable are His ways as is evident now in the adaptive strategy of pampas grass. Thanks for sharing this news with us through your beautiful poem. (10)