Chilly Billy Considers

Reflections, conversations, and observations from the Delta

Ides of May – Poem by Chilly Billy Howell

Ides of May A poem by Chilly Billy Howell   Ides of MayWhat a day Docked sans a bang Easin’ in ‘neath the chin Six feet from the virus March...
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ODE TO A FALLEN KOKOPELLI

Ode to a fallen Kokopelli   My heart is sheered A sentinel shattered Oh Watcher of the Wake Why have you fallen?   How long you stood Genuflected and bent...
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Peace Will Calm The Waters – Poem by Chilly Billy Howell

Peace Will Calm The Waters A poem by Chilly Billy Howell   Awakened at threeGroaning at meWaves lapping the tenuous shorelineStartled by soundScary and boundBy nothing shackled or tetheredLong the...
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Ode to The Tank Man – A poem by Chilly Billy Howell

Ode to The Tank Man A poem by Chilly Billy Howell   Tank Man is the name ascribed to the unidentified Chinese man who stood blocking the departure of tanks...
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Confronting Demons and Dealing with Addiction

Confronting Demons and Dealing with Addiction. Photo of Moon Lake by Chilly Billy Howell A good friend from a former life, whom I have stayed in touch via social media,...
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THE SECRET HISTORY – Delta Bohemian Seminars Book Study Weekend

Donna Tartt Secret History Delta Bohemian Seminar Delta Bohemian Seminars: Book Study of Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” “A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction….Packed with literary allusion and...
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Mama & Mia Meeting Red & The Delta Blues

Mia meeting Red Paden Mama & Mia Meeting Red & The Delta Blues By Chilly Billy Includes Photo Gallery Two tours shy of conducting our 400th Delta Bohemian Tour, I...
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Planting Injustice, Angry People and a Good Reputation

Planting Injustice, Angry People and a Good Reputation A false narrative recently initiated by a disgruntled actor and further propagated by most mainstream media outlets without a scintilla of old-school...
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Being Southern

Being Southern. Turtle in the Mississippi Delta Being Southern The first one said Went to my head I’m inherently lazy She may be right And what a fright For one...
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