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Month: May 2021

Shelby Bottoms Railroad Bridge

Published on May 31, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photography•Tags Architecture, History, Nashville, Railroad, Shelby Bottoms, Tennessee

Sloane and her Graduation Crew

Published on May 29, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photos•Tags Charles Armstrong School, Graduation

By the Pool

Published on May 25, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment

sunken ground, watery
blue, it whirls
with summer sun
dug into the
dirt and rocks
pushed aside for
me to be
here surrounded by
ants and trees
bees and breeze
on my perch
like a dragonfly
watching the earth

Categories Poetry•Tags Beauty, Contemplation, Earth, Nature, Peace, Summer, Sun, Swimming, Trees

Avoidance

Published on May 18, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment

no, not the
details, foreheads trickling
blood of children
and i’ve seen
this before in
israel and gaza
the photos and
headlines, hopeless
but then i
turn off my
phone and it
all just disappears
and i think
about the basketball
playoff game instead

Categories Poetry•Tags Basketball, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace, Photos, Violence, War

Husk Restaurant

Published on May 17, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photography•Tags Cuisine, Food, Husk Restaurant, Nashville, Tennessee, Trees

Lebanon, Tennessee

Published on May 16, 2021 by @DwPolk2 Comments
Categories Photography•Tags Americana, Architecture, Coffee, Southern Living, Tennessee, Travel

Cedars of Lebanon State Park

Published on May 15, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photography•Tags Adventure, Art, Bark, Environment, Forest, Hiking, Nature, Tennessee, Trees

Centennial Park, Nashville

Published on May 8, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photography•Tags Architecture, Birds, Centennial Park, Geese, History, Lake, Nashville, Nature, Tennessee

Heatblast

Published on May 2, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment

This is my son’s version of the character from Ben 10 (Cartoon Network Series).

Categories Animation•Tags Anime, Art, Ben 10, Cartoon, Creativity, Drawing, Heatblast, Television

Gallatin, Tennessee

Published on May 1, 2021 by @DwPolkLeave a comment
Categories Photography•Tags Architecture, Brick, Colorful, Gallatin, History, Sky, Southern Living, Tennessee, Travel

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Daniel W. Polk is an English/History teacher, mindfulness practitioner, poet/writer, & photographer. His work has been published by Lion’s Roar Magazine, California Quarterly, New Jersey City University, and other publications. His poetry received an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary competition. Daniel graduated from Colby College with a degree in American Studies, and from Washington University in St. Louis with a Master of Arts in Teaching History. He lives in Northern California with his family.

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