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...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 14, 2024 | Culture
So, we observe a politician,Has parasites that on him prey,And these have smaller parasites to suck them,And the smaller parasites themselves, in turn, have smaller parasites to go on,And so proceed ad infinitum. Great hustlers have little hustlers upon their backs to...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 20, 2023 | Poems
In woods so deep, where love takes root,Faith and I, our hearts resolute,A year has passed since our sacred start,A union bound, two souls, one heart. With vows as strong as oaks that stand,We’ve ventured forth, hand in hand,Through trials and joys, we’ve...