A Guillermo Pobreian Sonnet: Happy New Year By Poor William During this past year Of nakedness and mirth The Delta Bohemian Was given life and birth The genesis was heavy snow And plenty white meat to boot It caused ecclestiastical confusion But Po William gave not a hoot To think a little white meat […]
The Blue Monkey
December 9, 2011 3 Comments
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 and wanna-be-grown man lose what little mind he was given at birth. It’s much thicker than those nasty-ole blues! He is talking about that blue-hue […]
The Delta Bohemian Occupies Itself
December 4, 2011 7 Comments
The Delta Bohemian Occupies Itself WATCH THE VIDEO IN POST Watch the satirical video of Poor William as he occupies The Delta Bohemian and gives his speech to himself on behalf of himself and for himself in spite of himself and beside himself. He sure does seem to like himself, except when he doesn’t. […]
JB: Sometimes initials are enough
November 18, 2011 5 Comments
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 to have a father named Roundman–an iconic Ole Miss Rebel, “fan” would not do his relationship with Oxford justice–who took me to all the Ole […]
A Big Hawk in a small community
November 1, 2011 1 Comment
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 given a surprise birthday party at the Farrell Mississippi Community Center this past Saturday night. Poor William and Magical Madge were thrilled to be invited, […]
Sneakin’ Up on Lazy
October 27, 2011 8 Comments
Sneakin’ Up on Lazy By Poor William TWO VIDEOS “I’m not lazy; I’m just a deep thinker.” Poor William battles an array of internal issues. In fact, they are legion, too many to count. Several have to do with poor self-discipline, a lack of tenacity when trying to push away from the table, and trouble […]
The Amish Mullet
October 20, 2011 1 Comment
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; the very same hair that so assiduously eluded him in his youth. In order to maintain the allusion of great and equal length, he must […]
Triangulation Strangulation
October 11, 2011 1 Comment
Triangulation Strangulation By Poor William What say ye Poor William? What the heck is triangulation strangulation? In a nutshell, triangulation is used by satellites to pinpoint locations and to send us information based on at least two locational “knowns.” Data from known sources inform and assist with discovering unknowns. Triangulation is essential in our wireless […]
“It is a racist thing.” Say It Ain’t So, Morgan Freeman? Your Pity Party Doesn’t Serve Tea?
September 29, 2011 62 Comments
“It is a racist thing.” Say It Ain’t So, Morgan Freeman? Your Pity Party Doesn’t Serve Tea? By POOR WILLIAM No Sir! Poor William never thought he would be writing this article. Having penned a couple of positive posts about Morgan Freeman, the actor, not the newly self-appointed political activist, I am […]
The Mississippi Delta is Stranger than Fiction
September 28, 2011 3 Comments
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 blues. The Mississippi Delta, with its characters silhouetted in black, white, and infinite shades of gray, has no equal in the “grist for writing” category. […]
Poor William’s Top-Ten Slop Bucket List
September 21, 2011 10 Comments
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, and nigh on a must in our living-well-above-subsistence culture. When I forget, often, how blessed I am, I yearn all the greater for a bucket […]
A Double Naught Spy He Ain’t
September 15, 2011 2 Comments
A Double Naught Spy He Ain’t By POOR WILLIAM How can it be that a fairly intuitive, relationally perceptive man can somehow not notice objects apparent in his daily surroundings? Poor William, who once applied for a job with the CIA, always wanted to follow in Jethro Bodine’s–of the Beverly Hillbilly’s fame–shoes. He wanted to […]
Lemming Moments: Dancing Near the Sea
September 9, 2011 3 Comments
Lemming Moments: Dancing Near the Sea By POOR WILLIAM Most folks in their middle ages remember as children seeing the grainy nature video of packs of Norwegian lemmings rushing over a cliff to their death. It was such a spectacular and confusing scene; so unknown in the limited media world of that day. Poor William, […]
Wild Bill’s New Plan: That Other Week-Old Challenge Just Didn’t Feel Right
September 2, 2011 5 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM Poor William, with his manic self, has bitten off more challenge than he can chew, and the boy can chew. Damn, he really thought this round of goal setting might work. It didn’t! Some folks don’t respond with resounding success to goals overly defined, and Poor William “are” one. Bohemians do not […]
Who is Dave Cornthwaite?
August 25, 2011 5 Comments
WATCH THE VIDEO Poor William and Magical Madge were blessed last week with an invitation from their good friend and noblest of the Mississippi river rats, Driftwood Johnnie, owner and proprietor of Quapaw Canoe Company, headquartered in Clarksdale, the heart of the Mississippi Delta, to attend a little informal dinner with slide show at the […]
Have You Ever Challenged Yourself? Check out The Beginning of Poor Williams Most Excellent Adventure and Reflections on Personal Relativity
August 25, 2011 1 Comment
Have You Ever Challenged Yourself? Check out The Beginning of Poor William’s Most Excellent Adventure and Reflections on Personal Relativity By POOR WILLIAM Poor William has been inspired by a recent meeting with two cool brothers from England. Dave Cornthwaite, adventurer extraordinaire, who has set numerous world records and plans many more, happened through Coahoma […]
WRITINGINTERRUPTUS: The Ballad of Jack Tallywack
August 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
WRITINGINTERRUPTUS The Ballad of Jack Tallywack By POOR WILLIAM A True story, just now occurred, a mere several hours before DB press time. The nickname was, of course, made up, but just barely! Even the prurient are worthy of a literary nickname seeping with nobility and honor, particularly Deep Down South–all words should be capitalized, […]
Legend of the Greasy Man
August 4, 2011 8 Comments
Legend of the Greasy Man by POOR WILLIAM How often do we remember with vivid acuity scary stories and non-fugacious legends from our youth? Such is the case with Poor William and the Delta legend of the Greasy Man. As a child, spending summer nights at the Peay clubhouse on Moon Lake, across the street […]
MR JULY 2011 – 3 VIDEOS: One is Raw. One is a step back in imagined time. One borders on H-O-T.
July 31, 2011 3 Comments
The Delta Bohemian® presents MR. JULY 2011 Video No. 1 is ” ♥ Kiss ♥ ” Video No. 2 is ” Silent Movie ” Video No. 3 is ” raw ” The Delta Bohemian™ presents 3 videos of Mr. JULY 2011. They are: No. 1: Mr. JULY […]
The Delta Bohemian: Year-end Review: What We Did & Where We Are Headed
The Delta Bohemian (DB) turned one-year old recently! The “brainless child” of Billy and Madge Marley Howell–Poor William and Magical Madge–the DB was established as an organic expression of how the two see and experience the Mississippi Delta and Clarksdale, Mississippi. What is The Delta Bohemian? We consider it a zany, quirky, off-the-wall, always spontaneous, […]