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/ POEMS THE BURDEN OF LIFE A breach in peace of mind  from a broken heart  Out of the burden life binds  upon all men on earth  Often grievous sorrows  Find solace in tear drops. When infant emotions ignite my smile  And pains sting me to cry  Though that world of babes was a while  How much sorrows do babes know to cry? Now should cries over life's despair  a solution be? None could a broken heart repair  with a well of tears  In battle all must prepare  to rise above falls and fears  Within the mind before victory  over life and death. Yet many braves cringe  at the word death  And the comfortable who binge  in their wealth  Even the vanquished on the fringe  of this unavoidable death  Who are pained to despise life  never gladly accept death. Death is the debt that all men owe  and all must pay  As the ultimate end to all things  to set them free  And to be fre...

/ Etsakor Proverbs ETSAKOR DIALECT: Khai mier orghier: Uchi gi uchi aiya ne za vhi obo orda chi re; La e ri Ervholo re. TRANSLATION: There is no Village Sprout: A collection of the various immigrants from different places; brings about a Village. MEANING: Hamlets or Villages are formed through immigration . A thorough investigation of every Villager or Townie should reveal how their ancestors migrated from a different place at some point in time in their history. LIFE APPLICATION:   It is a fact that memorable events that happened in a place at any point in time make up the history of the place. In the ancient  Benin Kingdom , about the 15th century, there came a reign of terror on the people. The King in power at the time, Oba Ozorlua, embarked on a gigantic and laudable project. The construction of the Benin Moat  and walls around the great City of Benin.   This project required a lot of labour. And the King was equal to the task. In spite of the available voluntee...