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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

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Samuel Papa Arthur is a poet who studied English and Fante education at the University of Capecoast, Ghana. He believes in poetry as a means of self-expression, education and entertainment. A prolific writer, his works have appeared in journals such as the Kalahari Review, Kente Journal of Literature and Arts and the Poetic Sun. He can be contacted via Twitter @dada_seidu.


Samuel Papa Arthur


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Renaissance

painted figures wished,
a stroll on the moon perhaps
may calm their nerves;
their letters cast in blank memories

left a tear there, a farewell here.

Science in all prophecies, perhaps
draws us closer to orbited dust

of cremated emojis, hushed in
life's labor lost.

A stroll in the museum
may teach a lesson half score and ten.