by Benard Makaa | Apr 11, 2019 | Poems
We met on a New Year’s Eve, And instantly fell in love, For no reason yet, Other than we just met. Friends said, tell us the story please, Tells us, amuse us, Tell us, keep us at ease, Tell us, tell us, oh please tell us. They persist, did you...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2019 | Poems, Stories
Listen, my friends, and you shall hear, Of a man who fell in love, On the thirty first of December, in Twenty Twelve. Fondly remembered is this famous day and year. On a calm Sunday afternoon, While on his way to a friend’s wedding. Through the empty...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2019 | Poems, Stories
Lady, lady do not cry, Take this ‘handkerchief and dry your tears, What is gone is gone. No need to try, Count your blessings and not your years. Lady, lady it is all in vain, To wage war, And to love again, To redeem what was lost before. Wasted...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 22, 2019 | Poems, Psychology
A dragon was pulling a bear into its terrible mouth. A courageous man went and rescued the bear. There are such helpers in the world, who rush to save anyone who cries out. Like Mercy itself, they run toward the screaming. And they can’t be bought off. If you were to...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 24, 2018 | Poems, Stories
I prefer brightness, as I am dark. I prefer listening. I prefer movies. I prefer sleep. I prefer trees since they are composed and I am not. I prefer forests. I prefer intellect. I prefer books. I prefer colour blue. I prefer keeping a notebook...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 24, 2018 | Poems, Stories
While loitering Juja’s empty streets, At a corner where they have their toenails painted, And their feet massaged, And their fingernails polished, I met her. She, and her father and her mum, She, smilingly, customarily of her gender, Gracefully removed her...
