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Country Twirlers – Documenting Life in Central PA

Country Twirlers – Documenting Life in Central PA

by Allen Mowery | Oct 23, 2012 | Around Town, Featured Photos, People of the Susquehanna, Photography

The Country Twirlers performing at the annual Kuhns Bros. Fall Festival in Milton, PA If there’s one thing rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than roast beef and mashed potatoes, it’s square dancing — a stepping and twirling dance for four...

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Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam

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.

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