“If All the Land Were Parchment” – People of the Susquehanna
With precision and skill perfected through years of experience, an artist fills in the final ink on a client’s sleeve at Totem Tattoo Studios, Shamokin Dam, PA. People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks to explore the lives and...
“Le Conducteur” – People of the Susquehanna
Director Lucas Shrout conducts the Penn View Bible Institute choir and symphonic ensemble in dress rehearsal for their Christmas musical “Redemption’s Story.” People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks...
Amish Pretzel Stand – People of the Susquehanna
Young Amish girls feverishly manage their pretzel stand as a steady line of customers passes through, Gratz, PA. People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks to explore the lives and people who comprise the Central Susquehanna Valley. These...![“The Electric Slide [Guitar]” – People of the Susquehanna](https://allenmowery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Joe_Novelli1.jpg)
“The Electric Slide [Guitar]” – People of the Susquehanna
Joe Novelli accompanying Sean Farley and David Lynn in the Capitol Lounge before Jackson Browne takes the main stage at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport, PA. People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks to explore the lives and people...
Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam
Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.
In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.