by Benard Makaa | May 26, 2019 | Poems
Goodnight goodnight, My fallen light, I guess you were right, About your journey end. Travelling light, You once so bright, My fallen light, You ran the race. I was just a fool A traveler who, Forgot the how, Of running the race. I know many who,...
by Benard Makaa | May 7, 2019 | Books
From a very early age, perhaps the age of seven or eight, I knew that when I grew up I should be a mechanic or an engineer. But I got addicted to books along the way and I remember reading everything I could lay my hands onto in the vicinity of my place of stay;...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 28, 2019 | Culture
Many years ago I was a notorious character when it came to religious arguments. I can’t imagine the amount of time I spent and wasted in high school trying to persuade others through arguments. During my time as an undergraduate student, I spent hours and hours...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 25, 2019 | Poems
Come gather ‘round friends, Wherever you are, And refute the claims, That I can’t do small talk. Come acquaintances and colleagues, Who know me well, And confirm my claim, That I do banter. Come “girlfriends”, Present and past, And refute the...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 24, 2019 | Poems, Stories
I have wasted the weekend in the cottage and the ocean, I have tramped in the sand and the murram, I have dined on Ugali and munched a melon, An orange and a yam. I have slept in the open, With warm breeze over my body, I have swum in the pool, And taken nudes...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 23, 2019 | Philosophy
You are a conspiracy theorist and you refute all evidence pointing to the reality of certain events having occurred and you select history that serves you only. I will ask you. How can you know that you were born and not just a faked human being? You weren’t there to...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 23, 2019 | Books
I have been influenced by books probably more than anything else when it comes to living. Today is world’s book day and I thought of sharing books that have made a huge impact and difference in my life. These books continue to influence me, and if I will be fortunate...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 23, 2019 | What I have learned
If narratives bore you, you can scroll to the end for the poem “To Risk”. We have a Swahili proverb, Mficha Uchi Hazai (They who hide their nudity cannot bear children). Simply, if you don’t risk anything in life, you are bound to have nothing. I have a friend,...
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 26, 2019 | What I have learned
For several occasions (actually only 3) now, I have had some neighbours pack their cars close to my entrance such that I am constrained when I try to leave my apartment. I stay on the ground floor, house number 01. On the first occasion, I was seething with anger and...
