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The Changing Nature Of Mother

With lightest touch
of the mother,
drifting in satin
a pearl like no other

Comets that streak
and grace the sky,
crown your head
and alight like fire

Sadness draping
in sapphire folds,
Shimmering softly
your spirit holds

Embracing the world
with joy and smiles,
dreaming the sleeping
through fantasy's mile

Warping life you
bend and break,
shivering nights
do breathe to shake

The glisten of dew
that lights the bloom
the shimmer of fire
that brights the room

In sadness you walk
in might and alone,
lighting the world
as long you roam

Holding the reigns
of nature firm,
you watch us ants
begin to squirm

— Seren, Sep 24, 2009

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About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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yenti

yenti

16 years 8 months ago

Hi Jayne

A lovely piece that flowed so well, with an extra little piece of sadness in there, and writing through the night, I do hope tha you become settled in your ways we can but hold you from afar as these days come and go, just believe little lady and in your belief will come extra strength, the getting warm is the healing which may awaken you. I will have a word with my friends lol. Have a word he says when a thought will do, we will send more healing just for you, Take care and (Breathe) properly, lol You take care and believe in those things you know but cannot see, Yours Ian.T do breath to shake
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Ian

This was started ages ago and I decided to finish it ... so glad you liked the flow in this one its one of my favourites ... I am getting sleep through the day when I miss out at night so dont worry bout me huni , only ever got 4-5 hours sleep my whole life lol if anything I am sleeping more than normal soo (hugs) thanks for being worried and all the healing you send this way is much appreciated ... take care of you and yours love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x
yenti

yenti

16 years 8 months ago

Hi Jayne

You may have missed the first message on this piece did you mean to put Breathe, or Breath in this part as it makes a little difference, as there is an unbalance there in those lines. Warping life you bend and break, shivering nights do breath to shake You take care and thanks for quieting my thougts that you were doing to much, Yours Ian.T
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Ian

I knew there was soemthing I was meant to do, its meant to be [breathe] and forgot thanks for reminding me lol see lack of sleep I am tired tonight hopefully fingers crossed I will sleep ... and I am glad I calmed your mind I get plenty of rest lately probably too much it's usually through the day my body conks out and sets me to sleep in my chair at the puter, but sleep is sleep I take what I can get lol ... hugs and love Jayne x x
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 8 months ago

Great visual picture

Loved the first verse With lightest touch of the mother, drifting in satin a pearl like no other The little twist at the end showed our vunerability as humans in a natural world. Title caught my attention but it was not what the title intimated but sorry no suggestions on that one but I will think on it. Seabhac
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Liz

Big smile Thanks for the comment and I always get a thrill when you guys like them ... if you can think of a title for this one would be appreciated lol you take care huni love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 8 months ago

Been thinking about it

You know the Title is actually perfect...Looked at lots of options but kept comming back to it ...it says everything it needs and is also ambigious enough to draw in the reader...Suggestion...Leave it.
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Thank Liz for thinking on

Thank Liz for thinking on it,... will leave it for a while and if I still think it needs to be done ill do it then , but I think you might be right ... take care love and hugs Jayne x x x
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 8 months ago

Dear One

I really like the ending verse, as it relates to how small and insignificant we seem to be in light of Mother Nature's power. (and she sure seems to be having a temper tantrum where you are.) It certainly was hard to pick out favorite lines this time, but, here they are: Warping life you bend and break, shivering nights do breath to shake Love, Cat
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dearest Cat

I wasn't sure about that last verse whether it detracted from it or made it better ... she hasnt had a temper tantrum today thank god the sky is blue as and not speck of dirt to be seen ... so there prediction may have been off or wrong fingers crossed ... glad you liked it (hug) as you said to me I dont feel right until you read them lol love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x
hugo la rosa

hugo la rosa

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Jayne:

I can't explain the mixed up feelings about a mother who excells and fulfills the measure of her creation. She dresses in the finery of her sensuous powers, and still tell us the pure history of her concerns towards her children. What a marvelous, symbolic work! Sincerely, Hugo
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Hugo

Mother nature comes in many dresses they are all beautiful but some are more dangerous than others lol soooo I decided to make her beautiful but unpredictable ... thanks heaps for the comment and the compliment I am always happy when you like them lol .... Love and higgest bugs Jayne x x
Geezer

Geezer

16 years 8 months ago

Mom is a disciplinarian...

She don't like it when we break the rules! She spanks us every now and then. But how beautiful she is! She lets us know, when we have screwed up something, but even in her hand of punishment, she gives us the beauty we so crave. Lovely, lovely. ~ Gee
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Your right she isnt happy

Your right she isnt happy when we forget to clean our room lol ... she chucks a hissy fit and makes it all the more mess for us to clean up , teaching us to pay better attention next time lol we humans usually learn the hard way lol ...but shes a beauteous wench but you cannot not love her ... lol love and hugs Jayne x x x
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

My mother is with me

My mother is with me everyday ... but in spirit, hope you get to see your Mum soon hun (hug) I still miss mine ... Love and hugs Jayne x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 8 months ago

Though your poem Dear Lady

Though your poem Dear Lady Jayne is about volatile Mother Nature (incredible year I understand in Australia, with the worst drought & unparalleled recent dust storm), it easily flowed from Mother Earth to earth mother. Your poem transfixed us in its sense of beauty even as it leads the reader through melancholy & intrepidation. You know you are loved world-wide. Mother Earth and earth mother flow like a river of words through you. ~A
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dearest Anna,

You are the one loved worldwide ... and from deep down under ... lol and my snake thinks your a funny smart clever woman that can make me smile from thousands of miles away ... seeeee *big Smile* lol ((((hug))))thanks for the comment I am always chuffed when you like them, my new ones a touch naughty lol hope you like it :P love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x
Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Ray

Thanks for the read and the comment this one was in the works for a while and then when we ahd all those storms this week I decided to finish all the weather related ones lol thanks for taking time to read appreciated kind regards love Jayne x x