Poor Williams Whims
Faith, struggle, and reflections from the margins
The Beaver Patrol
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Prior to the Christmas season, early this past December, Poor William and his lovely bride were invited to attend a celebration honoring a man who...
Mississippi Delta Bohemian’s Mr. January 2011 – A Snow Odyssey in Clarksdale, MS
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Mr. January Watch the video! (more…)
The Perfect Triangle: 30, 40, 50
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By POOR WILLIAMWhat do the numbers 30, 40, and 50 have to do with the perfect triangle? Well, Poor William, the well-known Girth Meister, just eased up a...
A Mississippi Delta Christmas
By POOR WILLIAM(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST A story about a Mississippi Delta Christmas. In Poor William’s ‘umble estimation, The Mississippi Delta hosts no finer Christmas night party than the...
Played by the Blues
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST NOTE TO READER: Pontificus Minimus started writing this article as a result of being severely affected by his yearly holiday case of...
I Like Living Large
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Living Large can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but it sure does drum up hazy visions of folks smiling, drinking,...
Why Can’t I Still be a Pirate?
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By: Poor WilliamBeing a swashbuckling pirate has long been a desire of Poor William's. I remember as a child watching the suave and debonair Errol Flynn in his...
Dawg at the Right House
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi Poor William has taken a lengthy hiatus from "whiming." What a crying-ass shame, not because his whims are manna-like sustenance for weary, famished readers; nay, let...
More about Poor William’s Whims
POOR WILLIAM'S WHIMS (and yes, I am referring to myself in the third person here as do many preachers and politicians, but I do so with much irony and a...
Advent of a whim
By Poor William(Clarksdale, Mississippi) The creation of a written whim is an unusual process. Poor William has never taken a journalism class and possesses little experience writing beyond laboring over...
The Definition of a Metro Redneck
By POOR WILLIAM(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Metro redneck is not necessarily an oxymoron—words that don’t go together, but it might raise the ire of those with latent tendencies and or an aversion...
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