Poor Williams Whims

Faith, struggle, and reflections from the margins

I Like Living Large

The Delta Bohemian Living Large beside a Mississippi Delta cotton field being harvested. By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Living Large can mean a lot of things to a lot of...
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Why Can’t I Still be a Pirate?

The Groom Poor William and his Best Man Mr. Lil John McKee gazing at a young lovely during the Mississippi Delta Pirate Wedding of The Delta Bohemians, Madge and Billy!!...
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Dawg at the Right House

Poor William and Magical Madge By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Poor William has taken a lengthy hiatus from “whiming.” What a crying-ass shame, not because his whims are manna-like sustenance for...
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Advent of a whim

Need Poor William say more about the genesis of a whim than this behind-the-levee picture of a scene so pastoral as to make an earth-hardened man shout, “Praise the Lord!”...
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The Definition of a Metro Redneck

Metro Redneck Billy Howell, aka Poor William. Photo by The Delta Bohemian By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Metro redneck is not necessarily an oxymoron—words that don’t go together, but it...
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Poor William’s Weekend: No Clowns Required

Photo by http://downtownmemphisdownload.blogspot.com By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi)  Poor William has previously addressed his appreciation for all things Bohemian, though what constitutes Bohemian is somewhat subjective and no longer defined...
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Hey, Bruh, Lend Me a Dime

Crazy Carl and Artist Joey Young in Downtown Clarksdale. By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) “Hey, Bruh, lend me a dime?” This was verbatim what Poor William was asked, or was...
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A Whole Bag of Cookies

  Chef Tony and his son in Downtown Clarksdale by POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Rip the ribald jester, local Clarksdale, MS hairdresser and Clark Street savant, told a tale recently...
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