Poor Williams Whims
Faith, struggle, and reflections from the margins
Coahoma County Chupacabra: A True Story by the Poorest of Williams
By POOR WILLIAM(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) I swear I saw him. Last night. Skittering under the hedge. Head big as a fire hydrant, body smooth as a Chihuahua. He had been suckin’...
Nuthin’ and Everything
By Poor Williamv(Clarksdale, Mississippi)vNuthin’ can be something, and nuthin’ can be everything, if one’s everything is nuthin’!Nuthin' and Everything. Two words appearing to be diametrically opposed—nothing and everything—are not as mutually...
Hollerin’ Hungry with a Ham on Your Back
By Poor William(Clarksdale, Mississippi) No sir! I cannot take credit for the fine title of this whim. Mr. Lil John McKee, my lifelong vato of less ill repute than I,...
I Was Blowing My Breath Away – a true courtroom poem
Headin’ toward the Shacks On a Monday night Gonna hear some nasty blues That’s just alright The light was waning I had paid my dues Easing off Hwy 61 Ready...
Delta Sunset in Summer: A Promise for Tomorrow
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) As a late-afternoon field rider, I now realize why my father, Roundman, used to ramble tortoise-like down the middle of turn rows checking crops and...
The Parting Glass
By POOR WILLIAM(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO OF AUDIO RECORDING IN POST Oh, how the Irish can combine sorrow and mirth all in one haunting, hair-raising tune. And, oh, how #2 daughter,...
Mississippi Delta Dichotomies
Extremes searching for SynthesisBy POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DOCUMENTED CLARKSDALE MUSIC VIDEO The Mississippi Delta is all about discrete entities rubbin’ against each other symbiotically in a search for synthesis, peace...
STOP THE WORLD – Poor William is Overstimulated
Poor William Wants to Get Off: He is Rather Over-Stimulated!By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS What is he talking about now? Stop the world he wants to get...
Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!
By POOR WILLIAM, a tone-deaf blues-aficionado(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS Familiar tale? “Hey man, we didn’t appreciate what was in our own backyard; now we get it!” Could be a...
Clarksdale is Smoking …
A Whim by POOR WILLIAM, a reformed smoker and libertarian(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Smoke! What you gonna do with it? Put it out? Fire it up? Run from it like the plague?...
REDS BLUES CLUB – Torches, Cold Beer and Blues
A Whim by POOR WILLIAM, a beer drinker, blues lover and fellow in need of a torch (Clarksdale, Mississippi) “Particularly enjoyed Red’s, any bar where the barman requires a torch...
In Darkness Turns the Worm – A Whim by Poor William
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Poor William heard a guest speaker in Bible College talk about “treasures in the darkness!” Twas something he had never thought about. Well, 25 years...