it paints a very vivid picture, very clear. very calm and peaceful, ending with a question. awesome work!

Beautifully done. I particularly liked the subject you touched on in this poem with the thought provoking question at the end.

Beautiful.
Just a smal point for the "well-rounded critique" bit: using "through" twice sounds a bit odd . . . I don't know why.
I hope you don't mind the criticism-I only ever criticise poem I like, and I appreciate criticism myself, so . . .

Oh! This one's even better than your other poem! Still excellent description though. I loved the imagary of the pillars of light being like fairies 'among the rustling leaves'. Anyway, really good. I loved it! I also liked the theme of the beauty of nature being more precious that all the jewles in the world. At least, that's how I interpreted it.
from fawny