Homework - Align text with image inside <li> tage

hello all
ihave a jquery slide show for image , i want to add text on the sliding images ...
<!-- slider -->
<div id="slider">
<div class="slider">
<ul class="items">
<li><img src="images/slide1.jpg" alt="" /> <p>this is paragraph</p>
</li>
<li><img src="images/slide2.jpg" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/slide3.jpg" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/slide4.jpg" alt="" /></li>
<li><img src="images/slide5.jpg" alt="" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<!-- slider-end -->

i dont know how to put the paragraph on the images
please advice
Regards