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...