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2012: A Song of Mirth

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:04:34 EDT

A happy new year rhyme.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jan 06, 2012

Happy New Year Indeed: 40,000 New Laws in 2012

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:32:03 EDT

I would like to slap Boehner and every other lawmaker in the photo in their ruddy, fuddy-duddy faces. Wheeling-and-dealing cheeks from both parties will do.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jan 02, 2012

First Person: The Retail Chain Store Blues

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:49:07 EDT

During the first week of in-store preparations managers made it known that they were looking for a few shift supervisors and one assistant manager. Only the most gung-ho in the aproned and name-tagged bunch would be considered.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jan 02, 2012

My Daughter's Halloween

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:11:38 EDT

Daughters are an exquisite breed of flesh and blood. They get under a father’s skin, deep down in the fibers and tendons and pulsating veins and arteries of his heart.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Oct 21, 2011

The Loathing

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:49:38 EDT

Is Writing the Bain of a Writer's Existence?

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Oct 11, 2011

The World Wide Spider's Web

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:02:46 EDT

As bipedal soul suckers, arachnoids are ready and waiting to pounce on any and all unsuspecting Web bugs provoking their beady-eyed cross hairs, which in most cases is the succulent Internet insect known as the common cyberspace celebrity.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Mar 06, 2011

Look, No Fans

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:08:11 EDT

Please stop being my fan. Please refrain from becoming my fan. I know it feels good, but I refuse to be a chump, an easy corporate mark.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jul 09, 2010

The End of My Fictitious Pen Name

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:11:14 EDT

If you use a real pen name, play nice and by the rules, climbing the Associated Content clout ladder can be as easy as 1-2-3.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jun 19, 2010

My Life on the Father's Day D-List

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:02:44 EDT

My daughter and I haven't spoken in four-and-a-half long years. We haven't seen each other since 1999, the year her mother moved from San Diego to Denver, Colorado. That's a long time no see situation in any forgotten father's playbook.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jun 15, 2010

To Veil the Truth

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:51:53 EDT

More agnostic poetry for those with the courage to face the truth of what it really means to rest in peace, that death is an endless dreamless sleep and nothing more.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jun 13, 2010

I Think I'll Write a Poem Today

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:55:42 EDT

A tongue-in-cheek poem for those who feel the need to preach to others about the gospel of pure mythology.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jun 12, 2010

America: Why I Loved and Left It

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:03:41 EDT

As an American expatriate in China, I hardly care about America these days. I seldom worry about what's happening in the USA, about the lives of the 308 million Americans now making their homes there.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Jun 12, 2010

The Ruins of Ehrenfels

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:36:24 EDT

That night, pigeons cooed and fluttered sleeplessly high up in the ghoulish towers. The wind whistled eerily through the secret stairwells and hidden passageways of the ancient alcazar.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 26, 2010

82 and Counting, the Gift of Me

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:53:50 EDT

Two poems for my father, 82 and counting and the man who gave the gift of me.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 18, 2010

Cars Are No Longer Cool

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:20:08 EDT

In the balmy May days in the year of our Fictitious Lord, 2010, any American who still thinks automobiles with oil-burning engines under their hoods are cool is another kind of cool altogether: an uncool fool.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 14, 2010

American Idol Season Nine Rockets to the Final 3

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:36:02 EDT

They may not be the top crop of Idols in flight school, but as with other seasons of American Idol, if you keep watching the singers week after week you can't help falling in love.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 13, 2010

How to Be an EFL Teacher

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:44:29 EDT

If you're a college graduate, a native English speaker, and more than ready to jam-pack your dusty passport with a smattering of new visa stamps, then Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) might be the career move for you.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 07, 2010

The Losers: A Film Review

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:53:43 EDT

The Losers is a talkie that walks the walk. Loaded with military toys, jets, missiles, and plenty of guerrillas with guns, it's a thrill ride that aims to please every electron in the cinematic synapses of action-hungry moviegoers everywhere.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: May 07, 2010

That Was It

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:33:33 EDT

Michael Jackson's final stage performance in the documentary This Is It captures the last months and musical moments in the King of Pop's life.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Nov 10, 2009

Made in China: Exposés Of an American Expat

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (M.E. Lilly) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:32:43 EDT

Real life in the bustling metropolis of Shenzhen, China, as seen through the eyes of an American expat.

Contributor: M.E. Lilly
Published: Oct 09, 2009