You have written a great tune with an interesting rhythm structure and a catchy vocal melody. You now need to write words to accompany your song. When I was a freshman in high school, I analyzed Rush’s “Force 10” off of the album Hold Your Fire. In the process, (with my Hold Your Fire t-shirt on and a poster of the three men I admire most hanging off the chalk board), I gave a speech about the eight literary devices that constitute well written poetry or lyrics. They are onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, hyperbole, personification, rhyme, assonance, and metaphors.

I chose “Force 10” because it contained all eight literary devices and hence I received extra credit for my speech. I will define these literary devices and give examples.

Onomatopoeia is the first literary device used in the intro. Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. The opening ahhh, an onomatopoeia, lasts for about 15 seconds. It sets the tone of the song as a song that requires endurance. The second device presented is alliteration. Alliteration is a literary or rhetorical stylistic device that consists in repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession. “Tough times demand tough talk demand tough hearts demand tough songs demand… ” The repetition of the words tough and demand puts emphasis on the need to take control of any undesirable situation and turn it around for a favorable outcome.

Neil Peart immediately states the fallibility of the human condition with “We can rise and fall like empires, flow in and out like the tide”, which is a simile. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word “like” or “as”. He is comparing our ability to achieve and fail to the collective effort of an empire and to the intense strength of Mother Nature. He follows up his comparison with “Be vain and smart, humble and dumb, we can hit and miss like pride” to further emphasize how we can be “vain and smart” like the force of empires at their peak or humble and dumb when they are destroyed.

The next line, “We can circle around like hurricanes” is an example of hyperbole. When used as a literary device, hyperbole is an exaggeration that, while not intended to be taken literally, still describes a situation or image that is at least feasible or possible. This lyric emphasizes how we as humans can be disorganized and chaotic like a storm that sweeps through and destroys randomly. Or we can “Dance and dream like lovers” is the other side of the coin, which states that when we are happy; we express emotion with joy and creation. “Attack the day like birds of prey” again refers to tunnel vision accomplishment without regard to who may be hurt along the way. “Scavengers under cover” is the fear that we feel when we cannot provide for ourselves and be autonomous.

After the first two verses, the chorus states “Look in- To the eye of the storm.” It is the first example of personification. Personification is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. Storms do not literally have eyes, but do have a focal point in which their force is the strongest as looking someone in the eye is most direct way to approach a person. “Look out-for the force without form”. The song goes on to caution us to be wary of our surroundings, “Look around- At the sight and sound, look in look out look around.”

In the third verse, there are examples of both rhyme and assonance. A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words (most often at the end of the phrase) and is most often used in poetry and song. Assonance is a refraining of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within a phrase or sentence.

“We can move with savage grace to the rhythms of the night

Cool and remote like dancing girls

In the heat of the beat and the lights”

This verse emphasizes how we can be concealed within our own introspection. Focused on the music of nature, night rhymes with lights to give contrast between the natural rhythms of nature and the artificial lights of an enclosed club environment. “In the heat of the beat” is an example of assonance. This quickly sung lyric with internal rhyme shows an impulsive and emotional response to music.

The last verse compares “the rose of romance” to “an air of joie vivre” or “the joy of life” as a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech concisely expressed by comparing two things, saying that one is the other. This comparison equivocates, a flower associated with love to the joyousness of life. Neil Peart elaborates on the comparison, “too tender hearts upon our sleeves” meaning that to love is to make one’s self vulnerable, and contrasts with the simile “skin as thick as thieves.”

The bridge is another example of hyperbole, “rising and falling at force ten, we twist the world and ride the wind.” Force ten is exemplified as being a force beyond our three dimensional existence as to literally twist the world would require power beyond our current knowledge.

I have used these literary devices to write my own songs. It is helpful to be aware of these techniques to write great lyrics. In a case of writer’s block, literary devices are fun tools to play with. For example, another Rush song that is specifically a play on literary devices is “Anagram.” In this song, Neil cleverly wrote it to be a play on words and the song is actually quite fluent. The chorus states, “There is no safe seat at the feast, take your best stab at the beast, the night is turning thin, the saint is turning to sin.” The chorus alone uses alliteration, metaphors, rhyme, and personification… Neil Peart shows the use of these devices will always appeal to the ear of the listener, and so, with all that being said, let us close with a thought… Let us not be misfits in the mist of our fits… Let us never challenge ever for a never ending end and receive what we believe we can achieve in our midst amidst the mist.

Rap lyric writing is all about going with the flow of things. Many rappers are born with the talent of flow although, there are also some rappers that pick up the flow through a lot of practice and skill. Structure is also a key component. Most rap songs have three 16-bar verses and an 8-bar hook.

The words and rap lyrics should follow the background music and mix well with the instrumentals. Furthermore, these lines must rhyme and make sense to listeners when they come together. The lyrics in the song should also match whatever the song is about or the title at least in some manner. All of this combined creates the flow of the song.

Rap lyric writing may take some time to catch onto and even longer to perfect however, once you get use to it, writing lyrics will seem to come natural for you. You just have to keep in mind that it will take a little while before you have a working set of lyrics. Writing lyrics for a rap song can be considered a skill just like any other talent and if you are not born with it, learning it may take some patience.

One big key to rap lyric writing is that the tune and lyrics need to be catchy. People want to hear stuff that will catch their attention and keep it. This means that any tune in which will stick in their heads, will be a good one. This is the same tactic that is used for commercial TV ads in order to get people to remember a product and it really does work.

The subject to your rap song lyrics should be based in reality. By that, I mean don’t rap about how you have a lamborghini and mansions if you live in the projects. Conversely, don’t claim to know about the streets and city life if you were born and raised in the suburbs. Rap is an outlet and expression of one’s experiences and observations.

Rap lyric writing is not for everyone, but if you enjoy working with music, rhyming to a beat and creating dope new rhymes, then you might find that writing rap lyrics is ideal for you. Sometimes writing rap songs starts as a hobby that later turns into a career. You may also find that you have a gift for rapping but that you struggle with writing rap lyrics. If that is the case, you’re not alone. Scores of rappers have made careers by hiring rap ghostwriters to write their lyrics and beats they perform.

At some point of our lives, we all have to deal with reading, understanding, analyzing and even writing poems. Either it is our passion or our Language and/or Literature teacher forced us to do so because our curriculum requires us. To some, reading, understanding and writing poetry pose great challenges while it gives pleasure to others, as if they were munching popcorn while watching a very enjoyable film. These people have become so much familiar with the elements of poetry and this has made them quite experts with reading, understanding and even writing poetry. Getting familiar with and understanding these elements will greatly help you develop and better view and understanding towards poetry. Here are some of the elements you should be aware of:

Theme. It is what the poem is about. The theme of the poem can greatly vary from on subject to another, as the poet wishes it to be. Robert Browning’s Prospice and William Cullen Bryant’s Thanatopsis talk about death, while Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Arrow and the Song talks about friendship. Within the theme of the poem, universal truths can be found. Universal truths, as the name suggests are eternal principle conveyed by the poem that is connected to the theme. Prospice and Thanatopsis tells us that death is nothing to be feared of, it should be welcomed with open arms because it unites us nature and it levels all creation, because we all die. These are the universal truths about the theme, death. The theme of a poem can only be a word or a phrase, but the universal truth that it conveys could be longer than a paragraph.

Speaker. The speaker is the character of the poem that expresses the emotions and/or sentiments in the first person point of view which may not necessarily be the author herself as she may not share the same sentiments. Authors use speakers in their poems to create a more realistic expression of the emotions and ideas in the poem.

Tone and Mood. The tone is the “voice” of the poem we imagine the poem is read in. It can be indignant, happy, sad and so on. The mood is the overall feeling conveyed by the poem which can be created by the tone and/or the choice of words that can clearly express indignation, disgust, love and so on.

Rhyme Scheme. Rhyming is very common in poetry, although not all poets impose rhyme schemes in their poems. Rhyming adds effect to the structure of the poem, often it also helps convey the theme and emphasizes the mood of the poem by the playful sound that it creates.

Meter. It is the basic structure of a poem: the units and sub-units of a line, syllable and stanza. Most poems come in pentameters (a line of five metrical feet).

Style. Poetry does come in different packages: we have the free verse, blank verse, sonnets and etc. These styles includes the rhyming, meter and arrangement of everything. Does it come in a couplet, quatrain, sestet? Is it a haiku, a sonnet, a limerick? The style of poetry is sometime imposed by the poet to add visual effects in the conveying of the theme. More often than not, the style is not a manner of random choice but of discreet and wise utility of poetic element.

Symbolism. This element of poetry seems to be the hardest to grasp because the interpretation may vary from reader to reader. These symbols are figures or things mentioned or implied in the poem which means or signifies another thing. A sword could be used as a symbol for power, violence, justice and many more depending how the author used it. A wind may symbolize trouble or support. Interpreting symbolism require in-depth and extra reading and pondering. You may also need to check cross-reference within the poem and other works to attest the meaning of the symbol as implied by the poet.

These are some of but a few elements of poetry that one should get familiar to when he/she wants to read, understand or write a poem. This article may not give an in-depth view or tutorial but it can give a hint how to approach poetry, either you want to read, understand or write one.

In the previous article, “How to Write Poems That Capture the Heart and Imagination of Your Readers”, we said that poems express ideas, experiences or emotions in a more concentrated form than ordinary articles, prose or speech. They can rhyme or be in a rhythmical composition of words. They are one of language’s most powerful forms of expression. So how can you write a poem that truly expounds what you want to say? Here are some key elements in composing and developing the poetic form. Follow these key steps to write a poem that will captures your emotions, ideas and experiences as heart-stirring word imagery.

Capture Imagery Ideas in Writing

Poems are about creating images in the mind of the reader. Use a variety of imagery ideas to like the following, to help you to accomplish this.

o Allusion – a form of indirect reference usually done in different phrases, lines or sentences

o Simile – is used to compare two or more things which are not alike by using the word “like” ((her hair is like a sparkling flow of coffee in the mountain sunlight)

o Symbolism or Metaphor – is used to compare two or more things which are dissimilar using “as” or “is” such as “all the world’s a stage”, “red as a rose”, “black as midnight down in a Cypress swamp”, etc.

Establish a Logical Progression of Thought to be used in the Poem

The lines, thoughts, and ideas expressed in your poem should flow smoothly from one to the next. Don’t jump around illogically. Let your poem flow rhythmically like a gentle stream tu8mbling through the smooth stones of a softly babbling brook in a grassy meadow.

State the Poem’s Theme in One Verse

Create a “theme verse” which can be used repeatedly in your poem to help unify its stanzas. Your poem will flow and sound much better as it is read using this key aspect. A love poem theme verse might be one which begins or ends with something like:

o Have I told you that …

o As always, thoughts of you …

o Any key word or phrase used repeatedly to begin or end a verse or stanza

Other Highly Useful Aids

To help you write your poem, try using these dynamic aids:

o A rhyming dictionary – invaluable for finding rhymes for low-frequency or difficult to rhyme words

o A Thesaurus – an indispensable tool to aid you in broadening the vocabulary used in your poem (personally, I like the Rodale’s far better than Roget’s)

o Alliteration – repetition of a consonant sound in two or more words in a phrase or line such as: beautiful bubbling brown sugar or shafts of shimmering sunshine

o Assonance – similar sounds, like alliteration, but used in the internal syllables of a string of words (birthday weather, father’s brother, further mathematics, etc. to give you an idea)

o Consonance – repetition of certain stressed syllables in a pair, group or string of words (taker, baker, maker, shaker, Quaker but not quicker)

o Onomatopoeia – words which by their pronunciation imitate sounds. Words like whistle, tweet, boom, bag, pow, crash, crunch, slam, zoom, snap, crackle, pop, and zing among many others, fit into this category

These steps will help you along in writing poetry that stirs the feelings and emotions of your readers and can help your poetry writing to excel. For other tips and techniques on composing this most-elusive form of language in context, see the companion article, “How to Write Poems That Capture the Heart and Imagination of Your Readers”.

Every expectant parents would love to have a warm, funny yet memorable baby shower with their loved ones, to prepare for the newest member in their lives. Parents, especially moms are usually the ones to chalk out the plans for the event. Sometimes, they can even have a little panic session to have everything the way they pictured. Well, we understand the pressure, but baby shower is all about releasing the stress, right? Here we have 5 amazing baby shower themes, that are timeless yet flexible for you to adopt in your own way!

Nursery Rhymes

Nursery rhymes are the ageless element in each of our childhood. This is also a theme to suit any baby shower. Moreover, there are numerous sources to incorporate, with minimum risks of having ‘copycat’ event. You can sit down with your partner to decide your favorite rhymes to include in the decorations. You can use a single rhyme or can mix-n-match multiple ones for a diversifying effect. Whether it is a humpty-dumpty or a twinkle twinkle little star, or both, make sure to leave a hint of your creativity while planning the shower!

Fairy Tales

This is another theme that is eternally appealing with endless resources to get help from. You can have a baby shower based on the “After Happily Ever After” theme, where you and your Prince Charming are waiting for your baby prince or princess. Take the fairy tale you like most, or give things a twist, like the Shrek movies, while you plan the shower. Go through your childhood memoirs, if available, to turn it to a nostalgic event! You can ask for help from your and your partner’s family, which will allow you all to have a nice time together as well.

Baby Hands and Feet Prints

If you are willing to have a low-key baby shower, you can apply this cute idea as your theme. You can choose the illustrations or pictures of baby hands and feet prints and order for a simple banner and cake with other decorative details based on that. You can make mini flags with colorful hand prints of your own to accompany the hands and feet print theme, which will make your guests go “Aww”!

Baby Bottles and Utensils

This is another fun yet easily doable theme. This is also for both baby boys and girls. You can serve the guests foods in baby bottles and utensils, have a cake shaped as a half-filled feeding bottle, give the guests mementos in little bottles, or offer them customized paper bibs instead of napkins. There can be numerous other ideas to embrace, just tickle your creative sense a bit.

Peas in a Pod for Twins and Triplets

If you are having twins or triplets, this is one theme you must try. You can decorate the place in your favorite colors while adding your own twist in the basic “peas in a pod” concept. You can put every decor in pairs or triplets, and decorate with cute peas’ illustrations, stuffed dolls and what not!

Of course there can be many other amazing themes for your baby shower, but these 5 are not just classics, these are easily customizable too. So, don’t freak yourself out thinking about the tidbits of your party, just enjoy the whole experience!

Nursery rhymes are frequently hundreds of years old and their meanings are not clear but simply repeated or sung by young children. In the case of “Little Miss Muffet” she is eating a centuries old version of traditional curds and whey, which is your basic cottage cheese, probably the food that this rhyme depicts. Cottage cheese is drained, but the whey remains, leaving the individual curds loose. and the acidity removed to achieve a more sweet and pleasant taste.

Cheese curds are a necessary component in cheesemaking, which can also be fried for a snack or appetizer.These curds are solid pieces of curdled milk and made from fresh pasteurized milk in the process of creating cheese after bacterial culture and an acidic substance, like lemon juice, are added to cause clotting (curdling). For convenience, bakers frequently “curdle” milk to produce a buttermilk taste when making muffins, pancakes or other baked goods. Vinegar or lemon juice are the most common additive, but centuries ago rennet was used (cow’s stomach lining). It is then cut into cubes and the result is a mixture of whey (the liquid) and curd. This mixture is cooked and pressed to separate the whey from the curd, creating the final product of cheese curd. Usually mild in flavor, fresh curds squeak when bitten into, a characteristic caused by air trapped inside the porous material. In the country of India, a popular alternative to meat is paneer, which is widely used in traditional main courses, and rice biryani. It resembles tofu and has a bland but pleasing taste and texture. (Okay, more than you wanted to know.)

Although cheese curds ideally should be eaten fresh, they can be purchased at local supermarkets nationwide, The most common curd is a young cheddar. In Wisconsin, cheese factories crank them out daily to satisfy the demand and have been produced since the mid 1800s, when cheesemaking got its start in America’s Dairyland, as Swiss and German immigrants brought their skills and recipes to the Midwest. Today they are the state’s most popular snack. Wisconsin produces over 2 billion pounds of cheese per year. That’s a lot of curds.

A popular snack in the state of Wisconsin (no surprise), they have been enjoyed for years with wine or beer, but now have spread across the country, especially at county and state fairs, where they are usually deep-fried. They can be purchased at many local supermarkets.

So basically, Miss M was sitting on a stool eating cottage cheese until that spider showed up and ruined things for her. That should clear up any confusion you’ve had since childhood. These days she would likely be noshing on fried cheese curds and sipping a soft drink. Now go fry up some and enjoy.

Wanting to know how to rap better is not an uncommon thing for aspiring Mc’s to want to know. Yes, it is true that if you ask ten seasoned rappers this question, you probably will get ten different answers. In this article, I will go over some pretty universal helpful tips that can help any up and coming MC that is wanting to know how to rap better.

Before I go into the tips, I do want to let you know that despite what some may think, rapping is a true art that can be mastered by anyone that is truly serious about becoming a real MC. Some of today’s biggest and most talented rap stars may have been blessed with some natural rhyming ability, but even they had to learn the art of rapping to get to the level that they are at.

Now let’s get into some helpful tips that will surely help any aspiring MC..

Study Others – What I mean is, listen to those that you look up to and respect as a MC. This doesn’t have to be some super famous rapper. This can be a local rapper that you feel is really talented as a rapper. When starting out, you should listen to those you admire as much as you can. You will eventually start to pick up some of the skill traits that they have. Don’t try to mimic the way the rapper acts or talks, just listen to pick up on the way they put certain sentences together and the way they emphasize certain words. Studying others can be very helpful, and it’s easy to do.

Record Yourself – I would invest in a small little voice recorder (nothing fancy). Use this to record yourself rapping. This will allow you to listen to yourself rhyming and help critique your flow easier. Sometimes a rapper really needs to hear themselves before they can improve their skills.

Write About Different Subjects – One thing that a great MC must have is creativity, and one of the best ways to improve your creativity as a rapper is to write on various topics. I’m talking about writing rhymes about anything and everything. Write rhymes about a television show you watch or the girl you like, it doesn’t matter what it is, just write.

Freestyle Rap – Even if you really do not care for freestyle rapping, you still should do it. The more you freestyle rap the better your overall flow and delivery will become.

Get Opinions – I know this can be difficult at times, but getting honest opinions from people can help you better your rap. If you are going to be a real MC, you must be willing to take some criticism. Take this criticism and use it to make yourself a stronger MC.

This article was written to help those wanting to learn how to rap better. Using these tips will definitely improve your rap game.

Good Luck

Manhattan is My Beat was written early in Jeffrey Deaver’s career in 1988 and then revised in 2000. Two other works he wrote in 1988 have not been re-released and are difficult to find. He was thirty-eight when these were written. Before that he worked as a corporate (not criminal) attorney.

Best known for his serious Lincoln Rhyme books about a quadriplegic detective, this book pays homage to old movies and young fanciful thinking. His main character, twenty something Rune, sees life as magic and fairy tales and has a real passion for old movies. When she goes to retrieve a rented movie from an elderly man she has grown fond of, she finds him dead. She is convinced that the reason he has rented Manhattan Is My Beat so often is because it holds a clue to the whereabouts of the missing money. The money disappeared in the real-life bank robbery upon which the film is based.

Her naiveté is charming and gives her the courage to pursue Mr. Kelley’s death, when it appears that the police, and her more reality-based boyfriend, are not interested. It becomes a quest until the bad guys catch up with her. This is a fun romp that shows Deaver’s early suspense-building talent. As he himself says, the plot can be wonderfully suspenseful, but if you don’t care for the characters, it is not a well-written story. Rune is an engaging character, who is forced to grow up a bit in this adventure. There are two more Rune books in the trilogy, including Death of a Blue Movie Star and Hard News.

I haven’t begun the series that introduces Kathryn Dance, a body-language expert, but I look forward to reviewing them in the future. Deaver plans on doing alternating books between the Dance and Lincoln Rhyme characters in the coming years, and he has recently completed the book that will be the basis of the next James Bond film, Carte Blanche.

Rune Wizard

Norse Rune Wizards cast spells, make charms and chant rhymes.

A Norse Rune Spell gives the Rune Wizard access, control and direction of life force for a specific purpose.

A Rune Wizard practices Mental Radionics which is Magic at a distance. For mental radionics you need a power source and a spell, charm or rhyme and a target ( where you want the life force “Magical force” to go.) Ithas a large tool kit of materials to set up his spells. Stones, metals, herbs, wood, rope, candles runes, air, water, fire, earth are some of them.

Nordic and Germanic Rune Wizards used spoken spell craft which is very powerful. It is a form of Mental Radionics.

As a modern 21st Century, Age of Aquarius Rune Wizard, you can invent your own spoken spells for your special needs.

Now you can use the Laws of Quantum Physics which tell us that there exists an infinite ocean of Thinking Energy called the Quantum Ocean or Mind of God. There is no time in the Quantum Ocean only the NOW. All the Gods/Goddesses of the North, the old Rune Charms, spells, rhymes (incantations) are there. The Runes which are individual Keys to the Creative Energies of the Universe are there. All the materials you will need as a Rune Wizard are there. So you can create your own magic and bing the mythology, power and Wisdom of our Norse Germanic Ancestors into the NOW.

Many of the old Norse Traditions have been buried under a veneer of Christianization. It is time for you, the 21st Century Rune Wizard to clean them off.

The Norse, Germanic and English people adapted the charms, spells and rhymes to the new Christian Religion, rather than discard them completely. They hid them for future use.They are so effective that they felt Christianity could not erase their power..

Rune Wizards do not simply speak or copy spells from a book. The “MIND” of the Rune Wizard is where the power is; not in the words. The emotions of the Rune Wizard increases the power. Emotional thoughts are the key to success.

A Rune Wizard must practice, practice, practice the Art until it becomes embedded in their sub-conscious. Their subconscious mind is connected to the Quantum Ocean, the Mind of God. This is where all the feelings, moods, images, dreams, invocations and energy exists. Some of the older writers called it the “Astral Plane.”

The Rune Wizard’s intellectual mind has a language in words, and their sub-conscious has a language in feelings and images. Their conscious mind is where they make their decisions. It works with thoughts and ideas. Their subconscious uses emotions.

The Rune Wizard must understand the three levels of subconsciousness that exist in the Quantum Ocean, Mind of God. Their own personal level; the level of the Nordic Germanic Folk and the collective conscious level of all humanity.

The personal subconscious takes everything literally. It gives you what it thinks you want. It does this by monitoring your thoughts and feelings.

The Folk Soul or Group Mind must also be considered by the Rune Wizard. Powerful competing energies exist there. Some of the more well known conflicting energies of Folk Souls are the one that exists between the German and the French races. Two world wars precipitated due to these differences.

In America, the North Eastern Group mind is different from that of the Deep South. The Civil War is an example.

The Karma and destiny of the Folk-Soul affects every member of its race whether the individual realizes it or not.

The Rune Wizards uses the Folk Soul to give more power to their Magic. Their spells must first pass through their individual subconscious, through the Folk-Soul subconscious, into the Universal Collective subconscious, the Quantum Ocean, Mind of God. Here is where the greatest power exists.

When a Rune Wizard meditates upon a rune, he first touches the energies of the rune contained within his own personal subconscious, then the energies of the runes contained within the Nordic Germanic Folk Soul’s subconscious and finally to the runic energies in the Collective Subconscious, the Mind of God. It is from this powerful place that they do their work. There is no time nor space there. Only the NOW!

Monody poetry is originally a Greek song of lamentation. The monody or threnody is a poem in which one person laments another’s death. The poem many have any number of stanzas and there is no particular syllable count or rhyme scheme to follow in this style of poetry as one will find in the sonnet form. This is from a person’s heart in that person’s particular form of expression at that moment. Additionally, a threnody is a poetic song or hymn of lamentation performed as a memorial. One of the famous threnody poems in its musical form of expression, narrating grief for the dead or lamentation used for instrumental compositions, is Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. It is a musical composition for fifty-two string instruments, composed in 1960 by Krzysztof Penderecki. The following is a rendition of a combined monody – threnody poetic form:

Dearest Mother Living In My Heart

Within my soul is a broken heart torn apart

She dwells therein and for me will never depart

My dear mother has gone home to stay

She has joined her Lord; this I will always pray.

Lifted by an host of angel to heaven where she is welcomed

Her life as a messenger from God on earth has blossomed

I will never forget how she taught me to knelt and pray

Repeating and visualizing God in my own special way

While she is resting on high she is also in my heart

Her essence of praise reminds me of twinkling stars to start

I know that she is always here with me each day

She is missed, but I know within my heart she will stay

My God bless you mother always for being His

Uplifting His name unto others many praises you did give

Knowing the way this life is and its impermanence

One day we will be together again reaping His abundance