by Benard Makaa | Oct 14, 2026 | Poems
At fourteen, I stole a pair of trousers and some socks. We could not afford them. I thought if I could reach the street, I might look like any other boy. The shopkeeper caught me at the door. He looked at my shirt, then at my feet. He said he felt sorry for me. Then...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 8, 2026 | Poems
While in Athens, I have noticed something about the way I explore the city. When I go out alone, I often end up in more interesting places than I had planned to visit. Sometimes, I had no plan to begin with. I simply walk, notice something, change direction, and keep...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 8, 2026 | Poems
So, historians observe, an ageHath older ages on its page;And these have older worlds within ’em,And so proceed ad infinitum. And we shall be the ancients, too,To future eyes that look us through;And those have later eyes to view ’em,And so again, ad...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 8, 2026 | Poems
At Dionysos, over dinner,I looked up from my plate.Above the talk and clink of glasses,the Acropolis held the light.I raised my phone to keep a momentthat had taken centuries to reach me. Did those who lifted stone upon stoneever picture someone sitting...
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...