by Benard Makaa | Sep 8, 2019 | Poems
Fair in manner, elegant, and refined, Always kind, honest and open, In beauty clad, with sober sense entwined; These unite to make you the chosen, Her name, conviction of things unseen. Chubby cheeks, cherry lips and sparkling eyes, Her works sweet, and lovely...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 22, 2019 | Culture, Stories
By chance, I met a friend and fellow electrical engineer & lecturer yesterday while I was on an errant to buy some Chapo’s for my supper (at Green Savannah café, Juja). After exchanging pleasantries with this said friend, I mentioned that I am just in Juja...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 22, 2019 | Poems
The light came via the window, Straight from the sun on the East, And reached my closed indoors, There love rays found their rest. In the streams of light I clearly saw, The flecks you rarely see, Out of which the Almighty made, A name for one like me. ...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 30, 2019 | Poems
I took a good long look at you, And found you altogether nice, I listened to you long and hard, And found you very erudite. Your words were wise, And your voice angelic. You smelled so good, I savoured everything. You are altogether...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 30, 2019 | Poems
Author Unknown From afar, our woods of church, of clan, of class, Look a solid mass of trees, Only when you walk on grass, Among them is it known, That each tree stands...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 30, 2019 | Poems
by R. L. Sharpe I SN’T IT strange, That princes and kings, And clowns that caper, In sawdust rings, And common people, Like you and me, Are builders for eternity? Each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass, A book of rules; And each must make— Ere life is...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 30, 2019 | Poems
I came across this poem in early 2010(and copied it to my notebook then). I don’t know the author. (Waste no time gossiping it doesn’t pay!)Many people are always poking their noses in other people’s affairs for nothing. Play your own drum,No one else,Can...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 18, 2019 | Learning, Philosophy
Yesterday I met some two male friends at Highlands Restaurant, Nairobi. We had a chit chat from around 5.45pm to 11.30pm. This restaurant is normally converted to a club of sorts at 10 pm, so for around 1 hour and 30 minutes, we had to bear up with the din coming from...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 8, 2019 | Poems
She, gentle and shy, Shy as a fawn, Thrives at night, And disappears at dawn. Hides on my sighting, And emerges on my leaving, Climbs the walls, With undaunted glee. Shiny and slimy, Swift and helpless, S**ts and desecrates, Every hallowed space. ...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 8, 2019 | Books
This is one of the most enjoyable books I have read (and listened to) so far. Grant weaves stories and research together in a very readable way. In this effort, he is focused on creativity and innovation; and trying to help the reader see how it happens, how we...
