by Benard Makaa | Jun 7, 2020 | Poems, Psychology
Five hours, (and who can do it less in?) By haughty Celia spent in dressing; The goddess from her chamber issues, Arrayed in lace, brocades and tissues. Strephon, who found the room was void, And Betty otherwise employed, Stole in, and took a strict survey,...
by Benard Makaa | May 6, 2020 | Poems
Nobody loves you when you’re young and nothing, Nobody sees when you’re hustling for a buck and a dime, Everybody loves you when of age & you’re something, Everybody sees when you make it. Nobody loves you when you’re poor, Nobody cares until you have made...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 28, 2020 | Culture, Poems
Stay away from the altars and the malls, Stay away from the markets and the stalls, Stay away through the night, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. Stay away from the rumors and fables, Stay away from gossip and fake news, Stay away from the pain and...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2020 | Birthday, Poems
Welcome the day that gave you birth! And may it often come to bless, The girl who graces the earth, With her surpassing loveliness, Having been named Faith, The evidence and substance, Of all, I ever did dream of. And may through all this life of yours, The...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 28, 2020 | Birthday
“Father of light and life, though Good Supreme! O teach me what is good, teach me Yourself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!” Been...
