Poor Williams Whims
Faith, struggle, and reflections from the margins
The Blue Monkey
The Blue Monkey By Poor William Poor William has started to deal with and hopefully shed some wicked, holiday BLUES. He ain’t talking about the music that makes a grown...
The Delta Bohemian Occupies Itself
The Delta Bohemian Occupies Itself WATCH THE VIDEO IN POST Poor William in front of The Delta Bohemian office at 149 Delta Avenue in Clarksdale. Photo by The Delta...
JB: Sometimes initials are enough
JB: Sometimes initials are enough By Poor William My Uncle “JB” Barnett passed away two weeks ago at the age of 88. I had the good fortune as a child...
A Big Hawk in a small community
A Big Hawk in a small community By Poor William PHOTO GALLERY INCLUDED My good friend Delta Bohemian Bobbie Hawkins, longtime secretary for Sherard Elementary School in Sherard, Mississippi, was...
Sneakin’ Up on Lazy
Sneakin’ Up on Lazy By Poor William Billy Poor William Howell thinking on a pier overlooking Moon Lake in the Mississippi Delta near Clarksdale. Photo by The Delta Bohemian TWO...
The Amish Mullet
The Amish Mullet By Poor William The irascible cavalier is growing out his no-longer-flaxen locks. Poor William is anxious to again have the hair-of-great-length he wore about five years ago;...
Triangulation Strangulation
Triangulation Strangulation By Poor William What say ye Poor William? What the heck is triangulation strangulation? Mary Action Jackson in the green room at Ground Zero Blues Club. Photo by...
The Mississippi Delta is Stranger than Fiction
By Poor William CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Pssst! Did you hear…? Wow, those few words are heralded worldwide, albeit in a whisper, and they are breathed staccato in the cradle of the...
Poor William’s Top-Ten Slop Bucket List
My Top-Ten Slop Bucket List By POOR WILLIAM Normal–or what passes for such nonsense–folks have a bucket list now. Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson made the bucket list famous, attainable,...
“It is a racist thing.” Say It Ain’t So, Morgan Freeman? Your Pity Party Doesn’t Serve Tea?