by Benard Makaa | May 26, 2019 | Poems
Goodnight goodnight, My fallen light, I guess you were right, About your journey end. Travelling light, You once so bright, My fallen light, You ran the race. I was just a fool A traveler who, Forgot the how, Of running the race. I know many who,...
by Benard Makaa | May 7, 2019 | Books
From a very early age, perhaps the age of seven or eight, I knew that when I grew up I should be a mechanic or an engineer. But I got addicted to books along the way and I remember reading everything I could lay my hands onto in the vicinity of my place of stay;...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 28, 2019 | Culture
Many years ago I was a notorious character when it came to religious arguments. I can’t imagine the amount of time I spent and wasted in high school trying to persuade others through arguments. During my time as an undergraduate student, I spent hours and hours...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 25, 2019 | Poems
Come gather ‘round friends, Wherever you are, And refute the claims, That I can’t do small talk. Come acquaintances and colleagues, Who know me well, And confirm my claim, That I do banter. Come “girlfriends”, Present and past, And refute the...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 24, 2019 | Poems, Stories
I have wasted the weekend in the cottage and the ocean, I have tramped in the sand and the murram, I have dined on Ugali and munched a melon, An orange and a yam. I have slept in the open, With warm breeze over my body, I have swum in the pool, And taken nudes...