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...