Delta Blues

Brume and mizzle obscure Tennessee woodlands and my descent into the Mississippi alluvial plain at Memphis. Swollen by spring snow melt and heavy rains in the watershed the mighty river strains banks. Spillover inundates fertile farmlands in the Arkansas Delta. Ribbons of water in furrows and ephemeral ponds shimmers under breaks in cloud cover. Once Little Rock is in the rear view mirror I find overnight accommodations in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. At first light I will depart Clarksville and push across the rolling plains of Oklahoma and westward into Texas and New Mexico.

© Ilija Lukić 2015