by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
Ten motors pulling different waysWill drain the grid and move no train;Their noise may shake the factory floor,Yet all their force is spent in vain. Give every hand a common aim,Give every task a proper place;Let information travel free,And clear obstruction from the...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
No title downloaded overnightCan teach a person how to lead;A badge may purchase outward rank,But cannot manufacture heed. The craft is learned through patient work,Through errors faced and lessons stored;One learns to guide by guiding well,Not merely sitting at the...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A smiling face may fill the screen,While sorrow works behind the glass;The profile shows a polished life,But hides the storms that came to pass. Before you lead, inspect the loadEach quiet traveller carries round;A sudden pause, a guarded word,May tell more truth than...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
See him there, cold and grey, Trying now to laugh and play. No, he does not know the way. He began to live too late. Fate, that stern and silent hag, Let him fill his little bag, Let him chase the golden key, Let him call it destiny. He had the hunger, sharp and bad,...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 28, 2026 | Poems
Stillness gives me noiseMotion gives me signalI pedal to filter the dayLow-pass the world Roads straighten my thinkingCurves remind me of nonlinearityEvery hill demands energyEvery descent gives it back, imperfectly I do not solve problems on the bikeI let them...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 28, 2026 | Poems
Morning voltage rises without a breaker’s commandPedals close the circuit between home and the gridAsphalt becomes a long, imperfect conductorI inject myself into the line Each rotation is a steady-state assumptionWind adds resistance. I didn’t modelMy breathing...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 21, 2024 | Learning
For the last one and a half years, I have fully immersed myself in studying machine learning, partially to help with my research and widen my professional and academic scope. For the first few months, I was lost amidst literally thousands of options: Courses, books...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 20, 2024 | Poems
On this day of heroes, beneath October skies,Two years have flown, yet love never dies.Faith, my dearest, my heart’s gentle guide,You are my strength, always by my side. Like a Shujaa, you’ve been brave and true,Through every storm, through skies of blue.With Eve, our...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2024 | Birthday, Poems
In circuits and lines, my love’s design,Crafted with care, like your blueprints divine.Together we’re building a life that’s so bright,With you, my architect, every day is just right. You draft our dreams, with each line a new start,While I light our...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 28, 2024 | Birthday
Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme, Oh, teach me what is good, teach me thy safe! 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! I...