by Benard Makaa | Feb 4, 2020 | Poems
The Blind Men and the Elephant, A HINDU FABLE. By John Godfrey Saxe I. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 1, 2020 | Poems
Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life, In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendor of beauty, For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow only a vision, But today well...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 1, 2020 | Poems
“Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine the joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself, upon the past...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2019 | Poems
Say what you will after this, Here is my way to joy and bliss, How I achieve stillness and calm, And still shall till kingdom come. Not arranged in any order nor aim, But only to have some rhyme, As you may have guessed, if you know me, Reading comes second, you’ll...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2019 | Poems
Though fleeting in nature are our days, Yet we must decide on our condition, To wade through in joy. Or trudge along in forlorn. To choose to marry, and enjoy the fleeting moments, Or remain a bachelor and die in sadness, Without ever knowing, what it would have been,...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2019 | Poems
While I am keen to do my part, To toil day and night, Nature seems to be saying, Relax, and start playing. I study to sharpen my skill, To create, only by my will, But nature says, Slow down, and adopt my ways. Assigned a role, I am quick to play. Always with without...
