by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2020 | What I have learned
I think his favourite hymns were, “It Is Well with My Soul” & “Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble” and I vividly remember all the parade sessions and when we would sing this and many other hymns. I still have notebooks with some of his...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 21, 2020 | Poems
A mother’s love’s a blessing No matter who you’ve become No matter where you roam Care for her while she’s living A mother’s love’s a blessing Love her as you did in childhood Care for as her as she did in motherhood You will miss her when she is gone A mother’s...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 8, 2020 | Poems
Chosen by Kenyan puppets Puppet leaders loot the land Puppet lawyers in puppet courts Puppet thieves they defend Puppet bloggers with keys Feast on puppet readers Puppet me and puppet you Puppet Kamba, puppet voter Puppet Kikuyu, puppet voter Puppet Kalenjin,...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 9, 2020 | Learning, Stories
There once was a village that had among its people a very wise old man. The villagers trusted this man to provide them answers to their questions and concerns. One day, a farmer from the village went to the wise man and said in a frantic tone, “Wise man, help...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 7, 2020 | Poems, Psychology
Five hours, (and who can do it less in?) By haughty Celia spent in dressing; The goddess from her chamber issues, Arrayed in lace, brocades and tissues. Strephon, who found the room was void, And Betty otherwise employed, Stole in, and took a strict survey,...
by Benard Makaa | May 6, 2020 | Poems
Nobody loves you when you’re young and nothing, Nobody sees when you’re hustling for a buck and a dime, Everybody loves you when of age & you’re something, Everybody sees when you make it. Nobody loves you when you’re poor, Nobody cares until you have made...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 28, 2020 | Culture, Poems
Stay away from the altars and the malls, Stay away from the markets and the stalls, Stay away through the night, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. Stay away from the rumors and fables, Stay away from gossip and fake news, Stay away from the pain and...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2020 | Birthday, Poems
Welcome the day that gave you birth! And may it often come to bless, The girl who graces the earth, With her surpassing loveliness, Having been named Faith, The evidence and substance, Of all, I ever did dream of. And may through all this life of yours, The...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 28, 2020 | Birthday
“Father of light and life, though Good Supreme! O teach me what is good, teach me Yourself! 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!” Been...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 21, 2020 | Poems
Who will live and who will die, Who after a long life, who before his time, Who by water, who by fire, Who by hunger, and who by thirst, Who by the virus, who by the plague, Who in the night time, who in the sun shine, Who by slow decay, who by the gun, And who shall...
