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An aphorism differs from an axiom, which is a self-evident truth (“All men are created equal”), and from platitude, which is ...

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STEPHANIE TRENCHARD Can you tell me why vermillion is so sexy? Why is Naples yellow old and crusty, like dust on a fresco?

Carrie Voigt Schonoff is a Wisconsin-based poet who got her start writing for the school newspaper, the Advance-Titan, while ...