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Slant of Light: Poetic Vignettes

As fall turned to winter, photographer Juli Leonard visited the JC Raulston Arboretum. North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green created poetic vignettes inspired by the images she captured.

This article originally appeared in the November 2020 issue of WALTER.

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