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...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 24, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy
It seems Charles Darwin used to follow “Balance Sheet Close and Decision Making”, a technique used when making tough decisions. Charles Darwin once wrote“The day of days!” on his diary after his cousin Emma Wedgewood accepted his marriage proposal. Interestingly, few...