Mississippi Delta at Night behind the Levee

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi  (VIDEO) Keeper of the field Levee is his post Stationary sentinel Silent as a ghost Riders on the night See him in the breeze Mandibles a jawin’ Seemingly at ease

Mr. April 2011 – Watchin the Mississippi River Rise

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi →video included← ALL YOU LADIES OUT THERE IN RADIOLAND, YOU HAVE HELD YOUR BREATH SO PATIENTLY FOR ALMOST A MONTH, BUT THE TIME IS FINALLY HERE…………………MR APRIL, HE HAS ARRIVED, AND HE IS HOTTER THAN EVER.  HOPEFULLY HIS PRESENCE IN WATERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL STAY THE FLOOD OF 2011. NO LEVEES […]

Delta Delusions: The Stabbin’ Cabin

By WILLIAM PRENTISS The name, Stabbin’ Cabin’, was supposed to be a Delta joke. Hell, nobody was supposed to get hurt. The early spring evening was pleasant, but there was a hint of turmoil riding the gentle winds. No gunfire or disturbances had been noted in Friars Point, a Delta hamlet just north of Clarksdale […]

Standing in a Mississippi Delta Bathroom at Midnight

By Pontificus Minimus (Clarksdale, Mississippi)  Standing in a Mississippi Delta Bathroom at Midnight. She is perched on her stool facing away from her Vanity with nothing on but a loosely draped towel after having just gotten out of the bathtub. He is in boxers and a long sleeve shirt facing her while rocking side to side […]