The Universal Mother, Mother Goddesses, Earth Mother and the motherhood in each species, which includes the motherhood of the human species, are all in the same Rig Vedic symbol. Generally speaking, the modern term for this symbol is Shakti. The rice in the photo has been watered by Annapurna, a Nountain-Mother, and so the poem describes firstly her, but does not exclude the others.
She of the Garment Green…
Returning to Her fields of garnet-green /
Her tresses in the wind across my face /
A fire is felt from breeze’s inner being /
As my breaths move Her dangling lace /…
I stay near Her, nestled in this dress /
Of Mother-Earth, the Woman of this slope /
Upon which life evolves, as She will bless /
In seasons of delight with heart-filled hope / …
Soon rice will come from heaven’s divine rain /
That we will eat in prayer beneath Her feet /
These showers of Descent will bring again /
Her company, at last, in each heart-beat / …
For when reborn I know Her grain will fill /
My seeking soul, upon this holy hill. /