"Bessie's Symphony of Love" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence

I've used FREE Artificial Intelligence tools to create biographies, poems and songs about genealogy and family history in the recent past. Today, I want to share a poem and a song about my parernal grandmother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962).

1)  I requested Microsoft CoPilot, Perplexity, Meta, ChatGPT and Claude (all FREE AI tools) to create a  poem about one of my grandparents.  Here is the Prompt I used for the poem and the song lyrics about my paternal grandmother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962).

Please provide a poem of Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962) based on this information: Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), born 16 Feb 1882 in Killingly CT, daughter of Thomas Richmond and Julia White, the 7th of 9 children. She married Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) on 21 June 1900 in Leominster MA at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. They had 7 children (Marion Seaver (1901-1999), Evelyn Seaver (1903-1978), Stanley Richmond Seaver (1905-1910), Ruth Weston Seaver (1907-2000), Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004), Geraldine Seaver (1917-2007). Bessie resided with her parents in Killingly CT until about 1895, when they moved to Leominster MA. After their marriage, Frederick and Bessie Seaver resided in Leominster at 149 Lancaster St with Fred's parents, then in Fitchburg (1905-1911), then 290 Central St in Leominster (1911-1927), 20 Hall St in Leominster (1927-1933), 50 Main St in Leominster (1933-1942),and 91 Merriam Av in Leominster (1939-1942). Bessie was an exceptional musical talent, played the piano very well,, especially Chopin, and enjoyed performing. She played music instinctively, memorized compositions. She played church organ at St. Mark's as a teenager, and then from 1923 to 1941. The Seaver family had summer vacations at Whalom Lake near Fitchburg, and on Cape Cod with friends of the family. Frederick died in 1942. Bessie and daughter Geraldine went to San Diego CA by train for wedding of son Frederick. She became music director at a Methodist church in Fitchburg after 1942, and organist of the Episcopal church at Whalom. In 1959, she traveled by car to San Diego CA with her daughter Evelyn (Seaver) Wood, to visit the family of her son Frederick, her sister Emily, and her nephew Bud Richmond in Santa Barbara. Her children married and had children - Bessie had 11 grandchildren, 3 in California, the others born in New England. She dearly loved the grandkids and enjoyed family events for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, marriages, Christmas, Easter, 4th of July and other holidays. Alma Bessie Seaver died 29 June 1962 in Leominster, MA of gall bladder cancer. She lived with her son Edward and his family at the time of her death. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster with her husband, her son Stanley, and her daughter, Geraldine (Seaver) Remley. She was a beautiful woman, with black hair and a swatch of white in the middle.

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You can read more about the life of Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962) in My Paternal Grandmother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962).

2)  I chose the poem created by Meta today.  Here are the stanzas:

BESSIE'S SWEET REFRAIN 

A melody lived within her soul,
Alma Bessie, with heart made whole.
Born in Killingly, Connecticut's ground,
Her music echoed, joy unbound.

With Frederick, she shared life's sweet refrain,
Seven children born, love's precious gain.
Her fingers danced upon the keys,
Chopin's beauty, in harmonies.

St. Mark's organ, her teenage pride,
Later, Whalom's Episcopal tide.
Music director, Fitchburg's call,
Her passion, standing tall.

Summer lakes and Cape Cod's shore,
Family laughter, forever more.
Eleven grandchildren's smiling face,
Alma's love, in every sacred place.

Life's journeys took her far and wide,
San Diego's sun, Santa Barbara's tide.
Yet, Leominster remained her nest,
Evergreen Cemetery, final rest.

Her legacy lives, a harmony true,
Alma Bessie's spirit, shining through.
A beautiful soul, with hair of night,
A swatch of white, her gentle light.

In memories, her love will stay,
A melody that never fades away.

Time may silence mortal hands,
But Alma's song, in hearts expands.
Her love and music, intertwined,
A testament, forever aligned. 

And when the stars shine bright and clear,
Alma's spirit, whispers "do not fear".
For in the music, she left behind,
Love's eternal echo, forever aligned.

3)  Here is the AI created song and lyrics for "Bessie's Symphony of Love" (with song lyrics created on AI Meta) as custom lyrics on Suno.com, using a male voice, folk, guitar, storytelling, medium tempo style:

BESSIE' S SYMPHONY OF LOVE

Verse 1
In Killingly's quiet town, where rivers flow
A young Alma Bessie grew, with music in her soul
She'd play the piano, with fingers so fine
Echoes of Chopin, in every line

Verse 2
She met Frederick, and their love did grow
Seven children born, a family to show
St. Mark's organ, her teenage pride
A lifelong passion, that would not subside

Chorus
Oh, Bessie's heart beats with every note
A symphony of love, that she devotedly wrote
Through laughter and tears, through every stage
Her music lived on, a timeless page

Verse 3
From Whalom Lake to Cape Cod's shore
Summer memories, forever more
Eleven grandchildren with smiling face
Bessie's love, in every sacred place

Bridge
And when the darkness falls, and stars appear
We'll hear Bessie's melody, lingering near
A gentle reminder, of love's pure light
Guiding us forward, through life's plodding night

Verse 4
Now her journey's ended, her song is done
But echoes remain, for everyone
In Evergreen Cemetery, she rests in peace
Her legacy lives, her love will never cease

Chorus
Oh, Bessie's heart beats with every note
A symphony of love, that she devotedly wrote
Through laughter and tears, through every stage
Her music lived on, a timeless page

Outro
Bessie's song will live on, forevermore
A harmony of love, that she leave's in store
In every heart, her melody stays
A beautiful soul, in endless praise.

The AI tools do this so much better than I could, and each tool provides a different poem and song from the same prompt. I love fishing in all of the AI streams!!

4)  My blog posts with the AI-created poems and songs to date are on the Artificial Intelligence Posts page.

5)  These stories, told in verse and song, are part of my genealogy and family research.  My hope is that they will be passed down to my grandchildren and their descendants to highlight the importance of sharing stories, memories, admiration, and love of our ancestors.  I will add them to my Google Drive and to my YouTube channel and my FOREVER account.

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