Poor Williams Whims
Faith, struggle, and reflections from the margins
A Guillermo Pobreian Sonnet: Happy New Year
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...
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 [caption id="attachment_2491" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Poor William in front of The Delta Bohemian office at 149 Delta Avenue in Clarksdale....
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 [caption id="attachment_2427" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Billy Poor William Howell thinking on a pier overlooking Moon Lake in the Mississippi Delta near Clarksdale. Photo by...
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? [caption id="attachment_2352" align="alignright" width="223" caption="Mary Action Jackson in the green room at Ground Zero...
“It is a racist thing.” Say It Ain’t So, Morgan Freeman? Your Pity Party Doesn’t Serve Tea?
"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...
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,...
The Delta Bohemian: Year-end Review: What We Did & Where We Are Headed