By POOR WILLIAM A chasm where there was none Sand stole long ago Deposited in a new bank A product of ebb and flow! He cuts a wide swath, Even when confined His presence he makes known No one does he mind! He has no master but One He obeys only the Lord He accedes […]
After The Flood – Driftwood Johnnies Lower Mississippi River Dispatch
June 16, 2011 4 Comments
By Driftwood Johnnie Ruskey Congrats to Atchafalya Basinkeeper Dean Wilson who was awarded the 2011 River Heroes Award. For full story CLICK HERE. After the Flood We’re still drying out here, but seeing the lull at the end of the crest. Of course, who knows what’s coming behind this wave — Was this the […]
The Delta Queens: Shells of a Different Shade
June 16, 2011 1 Comment
DELTA SHORTS: The Delta Queens: Shells of a Different Shade By WILLIAM PRENTISS Vestura had never been to the ocean; in fact, she had never left the Delta. In contemporary parlance, she was a domestic–a maid in days gone by. A complete lack of formal education was overshadowed by her intrinsic common sense. Though […]
Enjoying the Life at Po Monkeys
June 16, 2011 9 Comments
The Delta Bohemians recently visited the infamous Po Monkey’son a R&B Deejay Thursday night. Po Monkey’s is located just outside Merigold, MS in Bolivar County on a gravel road next to a farm field. Felt like home away from home for this Delta Bohemian. Reminded me of many a night spent juking in my youth […]
32nd Annual Mississippi Picnic in Central Park – Reported by new Delta Bohemian, Semi-Fixture, Journalist and Soon To Be Documentarian Erickson EB Blakney
June 15, 2011 6 Comments
By New Delta Bohemian, Semi-Fixture, Journalist and Soon-To-Be Documentarian Erickson “EB” Blakney →PHOTOS INCLUDED← (New York, New York) There was a lot to shout about at the 32nd Annual Mississippi Picnic in Central Park on Saturday June 11th: foot-stomping blues from guitarist Eddie Cotton, Jr. and his band, the ‘Artists’ Tent’ featuring Mississippi artists, the 500 […]
Photo Images After The Flood of the Mississippi River 2011 by John Ruskey and The Delta Bohemian PLUS Poor William swims The Great Divide
June 9, 2011 7 Comments
PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE (aka John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company) “Last week the river dropped below flood stage (44 in Helena) and the big sandbar islands started demonstrating their resilience in the face of the highest water on the biggest river in North America. The wind shifted to a Northly breeze, perfect […]
Where’d He Go Submission by Guest Delta Bohemian Writer Josh Vaughan – EYES OF THE LAKE HAG
June 8, 2011 2 Comments
DELTA SHORTS Where’d He Go? Submission by Guest Delta Bohemian Josh Vaughan EYES OF THE LAKE HAG Delta Bohemian readers were encouraged to write what they think happened to the fellow who once inhabited the clothes in the picture accompany this article. The winner was […]
What Will You Do In and Around Clarksdale? Posted 6-8-11
June 8, 2011 4 Comments
What Will You Do? Posted 6-8-11 and edited 6-15-11 →PHOTOS INCLUDED← What’s going on in and around Clarksdale/Coahoma County and beyond? Read about some upcoming events and don’t forget to check out the DELTA BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS taken last week. We have included photos of the cast, crew and director from the Premier of […]
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. June 2011 – Pond and Garden
June 2, 2011 26 Comments
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. June 2011 Pond and Garden →VIDEO INCLUDED← Poor William is back and hotter, thinner and thicker than ever as The Delta Bohemian’s Mr. June 2011. From pond to garden and back again, Poor William remains unexplainable. Tune in, enjoy, and hide the children. But, remember, everybody loves somebody […]
Driftwood Johnnie – aka Delta Bohemian John Ruskey – is featured in the Oxford American SoLost: Flood Zen
June 2, 2011 4 Comments
Delta Bohemian Driftwood Johnnie is featured in the The Oxford American – F l o o d Z e n – →VIDEO INCLUDED← The Oxford American’s Dave Anderson published a video of Delta Bohemian and Quapaw Canoe Company owner John Ruskey canoeing on the Mississippi River during it’s recent historical crest. Take a trip with […]
My Garden Mistress
June 2, 2011 7 Comments
Poor William’s Whims My Garden Mistress By POOR WILLIAM Jeez, there goes Poor William again with some off-the-wall stuff. What say ye Poor William, you have a mistress? Yes, and I feel shame everyday as I fondle rosemary, rub my tomatoes, stroke my burpless cucumber, bend my banana pepper, and love on an […]
World Premier of MOON RING at Little Rock Film Festival featuring our own Corinne Vance as Supporting Actress
June 2, 2011 5 Comments
Little Rock, Arkansas →VIDEO and PHOTOS INCLUDED← The Delta Bohemian’s YOUNG & FREE columnist and Clarksdale resident, Corinne Vance, will be featured as the Supporting Actress in the World Premier of the film “Moon Ring” at the Little Rock Film Festival to be held Friday, June 3 at 6:45pm at the Argenta Community Theater in […]
Netanyahu Got It Right – Pontificus Minimus of The Delta Bohemian Opines about the Prime Minister’s address to Congress
May 26, 2011 11 Comments
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS INTRODUCTION: Pontificus Minimus, while wearing all the rough off a treadmill, read the subtitles to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s May 24th address to a joint session of Congress. This was his second such address; the first being during his first term as Prime Minister in 1996. Not many folks have every […]
Watcha Doin in Clarksdale? Posted 5-26-11
May 26, 2011 3 Comments
VIDEOS AND MANY PHOTOS INCLUDED (scroll down) What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County and the Mississippi Delta…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the DELTA BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too, which include visits […]
Where’d He Go? … A New Delta Short which begs for Delta Bohemian Writers to respond!
May 26, 2011 5 Comments
DELTA SHORTS Where’d He Go? Thanks to Jimmy Carter, brother of the Delta Bohemian website guru and all-around great guy–Cal Carter with Gulf Shores Condos, the picture accompanying this will be the basis for a DELTA SHORTS story to be published next week. Delta Bohemian readers are encouraged to write what they think happened to […]
Blues Music Awards 2011 – A Delta Bohemian Perspective
May 26, 2011 1 Comment
VIDEO plus PHOTOS The DELTA BOHEMIANS® Magical Madge and Poor William recently attended their first Blues Music Awards (BMA’s) in Memphis along with Delta Bohemian’s Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi; Becky Bobo, friend of the Magical one’s; Sarah Ruskey, cool-ass wife of Quapaw Canoe Company’s […]
Mississippi River Dispatch 2011 Flood Update No 3 from Driftwood Johnnie
May 26, 2011 3 Comments
By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE (aka John Ruskey of QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY) PHOTO GALLERY INCLUDED IN POST CLICK HERE to link to Hodding’s Article on OUTSIDE. Delve into a historical time along the Mississippi River with a personal narrative and photography by the river man himself, Driftwood Johnnie, also known as John Ruskey. Take a deep breath and […]
Mississippi River Flood 2011 Delta Update plus Mr. April REDUX in May Video
May 19, 2011 3 Comments
Mr. April REDUX in May →VIDEO of Mr. April REDUX INCLUDED← The Delta Bohemian does not intend this update on the Mississippi River Flood of 2011 to be inclusive, exhaustive, extensively empirically researched, or consisting of a summary of all that has transpired or will transpire concerning the river and those living near it or […]
Taming the Mississippi River: A God-Given Mandate?
May 19, 2011 3 Comments
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS →AERIAL VIDEO INCLUDED OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011← Are the levees lining both sides of the swollen Mississippi River sufficient to hold back the tumescent waterway? According to many the levees are doing what they were designed to do, according to others the levees are not enough to be the only […]
Kangen Water FACTS that will Blow Your Mind and YOUR INVITATION
May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Delta Bohemians invite you to attend a Kangen Water® Event in Clarksdale on Thursday, May 19th at 7:00pm in the lobby of Covenant Bank. The Event will be hosted by Ms. Connie Pendergrast of Southaven, Mississippi and Clarksdale OB-GYN physician and co-owner of The Woman’s Clinic Dr. Bouldin Alcorn Marley, Jr. Poor William and […]
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