The Trumpeter – People of the Susquehanna
A solemn trumpeter prepares for rehearsal, Penns Creek, PA. People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks to explore the lives and people who make up the Central Susquehanna Valley. These are the people, these are the faces who make up my...
“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...
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 Merchant” – People of the Susquehanna
People of the Susquehanna is an ongoing photography project which seeks to explore the lives and people who make up the Central Susquehanna Valley. What was once an area primarily settled by the Pennsylvania Dutch, the Central Susquehanna Valley now comprises myriad...
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.