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Mother (a poem inspired by Nellieanne H. Hay)

A few links to Nellieanne's enchanting poetry
Nellieanne H. Hay
Nellieanna Hay is the most remarkable women I have ever met in my life. Her outstanding intelligence, wisdom, insight and vision sparkles on the pages of HubPages. Not only in her own hubs of delighting and enlightening poetry, but also in the comment sections of hundreds of hubs, she shines like a brilliant diamond in a piece of jewellery.
Since my arrival in HubPages four years ago, Nellieanne inspired me. Not only to become a better writer, but in particularly a better person more able to handle life with all its ups and downs. Her poems and comments contain vital principles, important guidelines and advice one can blindly take to heart. Sometimes she confirms my own perspectives and philosophies, and sometimes she expands my pattern of thoughts and makes me see/hear what I have never heard/seen before.
Nellieanne is the epitome of endurance. Like all of us she travelled through paradises as well as deserts, but in a very unique way she managed to stay intact - not spoilt by the good or harmed by the bad. Throughout her life she grew from strength to strength, and although I have met her only four years ago, I know she must have been a role model since she was a little girl.
Nellieanne was born on the 2nd of February 1932 and is currently, at the age of 83, still as healthy and energetic as a spring chicken. She is emotionally, physically and mentally independent and always willing to share her philosophies and convictions. One of her most admiring qualities is her ability to support, advice and encourage others without allowing them to become dependent on her guiding.
I see and experience Nellieanne as my mother in cyberspace. In fact, she reminds me of my own mother. The only difference is, my mother, being an introvert, cannot express her thoughts and beliefs the way Nellieanna does hers.
I can go on, praising Nellieanne H. Hay forever and a day. I can suffice it for me to compare her in a poem to the elements of nature.

Mother
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Like the sand along the shoreline
embellished with pebbles and shells
she urges me to contemplate
her purpose in my life.
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Like a precious stone
set in a bracelet of gold
she holds me in awe
of life and love.
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She is a beacon, a rock,
worthy of my trust -
A piece of fertile soil
for my thoughts to grow.
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Like flames in a fireplace
she keeps me spellbound
Her knowledge and wisdom
expel my ignorance.
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Like a stream of cool water
she quenches my thirst -
the thirst of my soul
for aesthetic delight.
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Like a whiff of fresh air
flavoured with jasmine and roses
her words always enthral -
She's elements of love.
........ © Martie Coetser


Some books about mothers

© 2011 Martie Coetser
Comments
Yes we do have so much to give thanks for, whatever our difficulties and challenges. If we are alive to discontent, pain and to thought, we have the tools to seek, find and create our joys and reasons to persist where we are with courage.
I cannot see myself coping with your challenges and pain, my dear! I've been so thankful that other vulnerable bones and body parts, such as my skull, ribs, back, hips and legs - and more of my arms - were spared in that awful fall. It would literally be physically unbearable to be in bed that long as you must be, especially with the hands and wrists as they are. I sleep soundly and well for 6 to 8 hours, at maximum, before I'm awakened by hands & wrists being both numb and beginning to hurt excruciatingly, and other parts beginning to ache and cramp from poor circulation. Almost as soon as I'm up, moving around, using my hands & muscles, that pain starts to subside. Then the challenge is to do what I must do without twisting the wrists wrong & setting up more pain. Everything can hurt them. So I am thankful I don't have to stay in bed 17 or 18 hours as you're having to. How wonderful that you can & choose to enjoy those mind-capturing adventures you bring to it all, in spite of the pain and confinement. It's amazing how we adapt to the circumstances, in our upward quest for the fullest living possible .
Each our own personal situations and our intimate first-hand experiences of them, are unique to us and enable us to empathize with another's, but, even so, no one can 'know' what it is really like for someone else.
Love, smiles and big hugs, dear Martie.
Ah, Martie, yes, the closeness across thousands of miles of land and water is a privilege and a blessing!
And, yes, it is currently feeling like a full-time job, keeping self whole and going strong. But what's the point, if not being whole and going strong, preferably on one's own steam, and definitely making the best of whatever the reality may be? Making the eftort to keep the reality optimum is a worthy cause! I'm into it, as well as making the best of realities! Not much point without its being real! Reality is one's Earth-life laboratory, with all its challenges.
Love you, too, my dear, and have high respect for you as a person!
Oh, this one-finger typing guarantees many typos! I'm constantly going back correcting them and still many survive in every sentence and nearly every-other word!
Trying to refrain from further falls and injuries! ;) I so much appreciate your caring! Much love and big ole Texas hugs!
My dear Cyber-daughter, Martie. I've been reading this lovely hob you wrote and dedicated to me - 3 years or so ago! wow. And I like the newer picture choices you've added to it too, like the one in my Flying Dutchman Ranch cap.
We have been through a lot together and your tribute still rings true to all of that. Thank you again! And again, thanks to those who commented. Some of them are no longer in HP, sadly. It was like having another visit with them.
Oh Martie what a beautiful tribute to our dear friend. You have capturesd Nellieanna, our Texas yellow Rose, so beautifully. I know she is beaming right now from your beautiful words.
Love and hugs
Kimmie
Second visit this night.
1. I see nothing wrong with your English or grammar. It is good to have a style of your own.
2. Perhaps Mother's are God's main instruments on Earth when it comes to sacrifice. You have expressed your love admirably well.
3. Your tribute to Nellieanna - a most worthy and lofty Soul - is superior to my humble poem.
4. The heart, the heart, the spiritual heart .... always the heart, and you show this excellently!
This is the first hub that I read of yours!! Only 5 months ago!? No way! It feels like we've known each other for years!!:)
ps: the last one to tell me that was just last week. she is a recent member of hubpages-NOT coincidentally- and said i was "mushy" because i used the term "all my love" to nellieanna. when i continuously asked her if that was a bad thing, and she evaded the question, i finally pinned her down and got her to admit that it was bad (in person). afterward she posted a comment on hp saying i'm too negative and i wasn't worth wasting her time on. apparently i should be getting drunk all the time and not taking anything seriously. i certainly don't take her seriously, i'm glad to admit. i'm glad things are better for you though, martie, with your attitudes. i know things take time. all my love!
gee, i have recently had 2 female "acquaintances" tell me essentially that i am a "bad investment." between them and my ex-wife, i my attitude toward women is currently in a state of disrepair.
as i said
This poem is written so lovely that your affection towards Nellieanne H. Hay is honest and pure. The way with which you compared her to the godly nature and to other precious things is immaculate. Up and beautiful.
Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. This is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful woman, Nellieanna, your cyberMOM. I've just read Nellieanna's hub tribute to you and left a comment. All the best.
Hello Martie, I first read Nellieanna's tribute to you and now I read yours. Simply wonderful. It's amazing when you find a friend in cyberspace who you bond with via your heart and not your eyes. Looking forward to following you!
Outstanding! This is pure grace. Well written and classy! Wonderful!
Martie - It has been to long since I have visited your magnificent hubs. I plan to make up for that, starting now. This beautiful tribute to the stunning Nellieanna, is so lovely...I had tears in my eyes as I read it.
It takes one beautiful soul to recognize and cherish the beauty in another.
I so loved this line - "Your words are hypnotic flames of wisdom and sacred truths." Magnificent! I have voted UP and across the board. Thank you. vocalcoach
What a beautiful tribute to a lovely lady. HubPages is indeed a close and caring community and the many close friends we make are here for life.
I often wondered what I did before HP.
Your kind and caring nature Martie shines through your words brightly.
I vote up up and awwayy here.
Here's to many more for us to share on here.
Take care my friend,
Eiddwen.
I enjoyed greatly your lovely poem, We only get one Mother and she should be so precious to us......... As for Nellieanna, I have only recently come across this lady and enjoyed her poetry greatly and enthused at her very intelligent and forthright critique. She seems to be an invaluable part of Hub pages and a blessing to all those who are lucky enough to entertain her...Great Hub. Voted UP UP UP
....now there is a hub tag team if there ever was one:
the absolutely sublime Nellieanna and the hottest gal in town (and hopefully in my town, soon) Martie Coetser - who needs the Playboy Mansion when the epi-man has got women here who are stunningly beautiful and sexy but brilliant thinkers and world class writers - and that to me is sexy in itself - a lady who is independent yet sweet a lady who is tough but gentle a lady who is just like Martie and Miss N .......
lake erie time breathless for you two but if you really want to know it's 9:32pm
Both Nellieanna And This Poem Are Life Affirming Martie.;)
i admired today nellieanna...really thankful for having here you both...thanks for making it published
Good one, Martie! Nellieanna is such a wonderful artist and writer. Your tribute is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it.
Love and peace
Tony
A great poem, 5 stars rated.
This was a beautiful tribute to the one of the best hubbers here. Very inspiring poem. Thanks for share with us and I love James Blunt songs. Vote up.
Prasetio
Martie, I'm sorry for saying that your style was the same as nellieanna's but the way the words flowed and how it made me feel was so similar. I think, dear sister, that you have inherited mother's melodic mind for poetry! Your poem is absolutely beautiful and the way it is written with the subject in the line first and then the descriptive words after, and then some that stand alone - its late here, i can't really describe it, but it rang in my mind like the little songs that Nellieanna's always bring to mind like a music box that plays in the background when I'm reading her poetry. I love you both!
Hi, Martie, your poem was wonderful, and this tribute to our lovely Nellieanna even more so, she is an amazing lady, and I think everyone on here loves her to bits! lol but seriously you have such a kind heart to, that shines through, have a great weekend and take care, nell
This is such a wonderful hub about a wonderful person who is graceful,talented, optimistic,kind,joyful,versatile and what not....the list is endless. Nellieanna is truly a special person and we all are honoured to have found her through hubpages.Thank you Martie for sharing this!! voted up!
Martie, this is an outstanding tribute to Nellieanna! We all love her and her gentle yet strong writings that take us gently into her world and teach us true value and the simplicity of life, right down to the bones. I believe you have captured the style, rythm and structure of one of her own, for I felt the same way in reading this poem of yours. They say to copy someone's style is the highest form of flattery. And not only did you copy the style, but you made it all about Nellieanna. She truly is a woman deserving of our love and admiration, she is a role model for me too and I hang on every word she leaves on my hubs. She is always positive, life-affirming and hopeful. You, my friend, possess those very same qualities, and I love reading you hubs although I don't make it here as often as I'd like. Take care Martie, and brightest blessings of the universe.
Martie,
This is a magical and touching tribute, descriptive of the most sacred relationship I know- that of a Mother and her Daughter. Knowing how beautiful you are, both inside and out, I now know how special Nellieanne is from this heartfelt labor of love. Voted UP & AB, mar.
Your heart's speaks volumes Ladies xx
I know of the special relationships between moms and daughters. Using the four elements you've written a unique and awe inspiring tribute to yours Martie. That's quite a gift you have. Heart and high brain power. The tops for mom, and us.
Very profound and touched the most intimate part of my soul. What a beautiful and loving tribute that is captured within the vessels of magical words. Clearly enveloped in love.
Thank you so much. You have made my day!
Such a beautiful tribute. It is so emotional and so loving that it stirs my heart to read your praises of your cyber mother. Love and friendship developing a beautiful relationships and it is lovely to see two hubbers who were obviously meant to be part of one another’s lives.
I have yet to meet Nellieanna but will pop along and visit now.
What a lovely article, full of love and inspiration :)
Well my dear Martie I had first ventured into Nellieanna's latest hub and voila it was about two cyber buddies mother/daughter and I was blown away by Nellianna's wonderful words about you and her. I then clicked the link to yours and equally am blown away.
Here are two amazing ladies and very talented writers of verse and prose sharing their love for one another with passion. I am so happy to read these two scribes. More of us need to let our souls speak to us and put it out there for the world to read.
There is little time to share LOVE like this and never should one feel shy or reluctant to show LOVE. These two hubs are sheer respect for each others words, their pure eloquence, thoughtfulness and caring words that bring tears rolling down our cheeks. I am honored to know the both of you almost equally well. I await anxiously as another hub is produced by you both and come in as quickly as I can to read them. I never leave disappointed, but instead uplifted and all the more in love with the both of your writings.
I am truly humbled to be included as your friend in cyber space and I felt the love with every comment you leave for each other and at any of my hubs. Let's shout out to the world how we feel for one another. I have this love for many here at the Hubs, but there are always a select few who we want to Yell it to from the ROOF TOPS. I love you little sista, keep writing, sharing and it will come back to you a 1000 fold. Hugs from me to you always.
Be sure to check my site for a new hub - for you!
:-)
What a beautiful tribute you made for a beautiful soul. Her poems always bring me the most profound sense of peace and no one else's do it. This shines with the love you have infused. Thank you for sharing.
Very nice poem. I enjoyed it.
Dear Martie, yes, I know. We've demonstrated our mutual caring & esteem when it matters, haven't we? There's no doubt about it to me!
Oh yes, so right that we are somehow where we need to be to do something we are meant to do for someone else; even for ourselves. There seems to be plan and a force in charge of that. But I suspect that making our choices and taking our responsibility is also a big part of the plan. We don't get off scot-free. :-) Whatever and what-all it is, life is definitely not a futile thing!
Y'know, SaddleRider and several other respected writers are using an online service called SoundCloud to record their poetry in their own voices. http://soundcloud.com/ He has links on some of his latest poems to hear them, has mentioned it to me to try. I haven't as yet, but I'm interested and it might work for you to avoid those techno problems you've encountered. Apparently it's a simple enough procedure.
I'm truly awed and humbled by the comments here saying lovely thngs about me. Talk about "warm fuzzes"! It's all that and more. I can't begin to express my appreciation and love for my dear friends here. Hugs and kisses.
Every beautiful word you have written, Martie, in praise of our lovely Nellieanna, is absolutely true. She IS a gem and a one-of-a-kind unique personality that we can all hope to emulate in some small way.
And you, m'dear, are very special, too. Trust me.
Lovely tribute - that we all could have mothers that are so deserving of a tribute.
I am truly touched and amazed, my dear Martie! I was just checking the list of new posts (which I don't always do, I admit with shame) and this literally almost knocked me off my chair! What an unexpected, warm, loving poem and all the other words from your heart! I hardly know what to say, except that I am humbled and honored by YOUR praise and genuine love, dear Martie.
I suppose we all question ourselves and "what am I doing here?" comes to mind at times. But when someone who is as beloved and respected as you are acknowledges my worth and good influence - the question is answered in full!
So let me thank you - thank you - thank you! This is not the easiest kind of poem to write, either - but you did so with dignity and grace.
Hugs and love.
Nellieanna
MartieCoetser you have written a very fine Hub regarding a very fine writer. Your acknowledgment of her achievements are worthy of a loving daughter.
Nellieanna is onme of the most prolific, vivacious, intelligent writers here on the hubs. She's been so sweet to me; she's a treasure. Lovely and touching tribute.
A beautiful tribute to a special lady.
This is a lovely tribute to the very special Nellienanna that we all have come to admire and respect. Her enormous talent in writing poetry is truly remarkable.
Lovely work, and your tribute to our beautiful Nellieanna is spot on.
nice yaar
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