by Benard Makaa | Sep 23, 2026 | Poems
All the people I used to knowappear in photographs these days.I recognise their faces,but not the lives they’ve made. Some are entrepreneurs,building something from a name.Some are teachers,calling every child by theirs.Some are hustlers with no time to sleep.Some...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 16, 2026 | Poems
“There is no God!” the verdict ran;Three likes confirmed the learned man.He closed the heavens with a post,Then checked which comment pleased him most. Poor Jonah met a bitter fate:Too strange for minds so up to date.Yet “all religion rests on lies”Slipped down...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 11, 2026 | Culture
Life Does Not Rise in a Straight Line An electrical engineer learns early that systems are not always governed by steady-state conditions. There are transients. A disturbance occurs. A quantity rises suddenly. A peak appears. It falls. Another oscillation follows....
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A door may need a steady push,Not fury, noise, or wounded pride;The strongest hand can still be measured,Firm in aim and calm in stride. Speak clearly when a boundary matters,And do not soften truth to fog;Yet pressure without human judgementTurns every colleague to a...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
Do not email courage from your chairWhile others work outside in rain;The boots you never choose to wearMake every stirring speech seem vain. Take first the task you ask of others,Keep first the rule you mean to spread;A leader’s habits travel fartherThan any policy...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
The finest software cannot saveA worker ignorant of the craft;It only makes the error swiftAnd prints it neatly in a draft. Know every instrument you use,Its limits, risks, and proper range;The tool should serve informed intent,Not hide incompetence as change. A...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A group chat is not yet a team,Though every member joins the thread;A crowd may share one digital roomAnd pull toward separate ends instead. A team requires a common aim,Clear roles, clear signals, honest news;Each person knows what others do,And how their separate...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
The foolish seller praises goodsUntil the buyer longs to flee;The wiser asks what pain existsAnd what the better state might be. No one buys steel, code, or glassFor love of objects on display;They purchase time, relief, or status,Or some desired future day. A bridge...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A spreadsheet tells what must be done,But seldom makes the spirit rise;No numbered cell can fully paintThe better world behind our eyes. Describe tomorrow clear enoughThat tired hands can see it near;Give hope a date, a shape, a road,And courage finds another gear....
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A battery may show full chargeAnd still lie idle on the shelf;Stored power gains no worthy nameUntil it spends itself. Find work that draws your current forth,That wakes you before alarms can ring;The strongest effort comes from meaning,Not from threats that managers...