1. Here I'm EmeraldEyes but to the rest of the world I'm Margaret, Mum or Mummy.
2. Do I really have to tell? Ok...I've been here this time around for 53 years but in my heart I'm really only 25 :)
3. I've mainly written romantic and sensual poetry with the occasional foray into deeper expression of what I feel but lately I've been trying my hand at darker subjects.
4. I have done a couple of collaborations because I wanted to and since entering some rounds contest have done a few including a recent five person collaboration.
5. This is the ummmm fourth, I think.
6. I'm here almost every day.
7. My original inspiration came from Recluse Writer and WarrioroftheHeart and since joining AP I have been very deeply inspired by Wayne Leon Learmond, apoeticinjustice, MJ Donnelly, Nature Song and AliceinPoetryland.
8. How long can this answer be? I like watching thunderstorms and hearing the rain hit my roof; anything with garlic in it; snuggling under the blankets when it's cold outside; laughing, because it's such a good feeling; crying happy tears and being hugged and hugged and hugged. Kissing is pretty good too.
9. I dislike people who are intolerant of others; shop assistants who call me Love or Sweetie; going to the dentist; my butt (there's too much of it); people who lie to me; snobs of any kind and anyone who abuses my trust in them in any way.
10. I'm auditioning because I'm a glutton for punishment and because I like a challenge.
Who am I? Hell, I don't even know the answer to that question half the time.
I am so many things. A wife and mother, the one who feeds the cats and remembers to remind someone else to put out the garbage and bring the bin back in when it's emptied. Most of the time I'm happy and I try to spread that feeling amongst those I love and care about but there are times when things get the better of me and I wallow in the shadows until something or someone snaps me out of it and everything is all smiles again. If I couldn't laugh or smile at life and at myself I think I would just crawl into a dark cave and hibernate for the rest of my life.
Each of us is unique and so am I but to put it into words is quite difficult, which is hard to admit for someone who enjoys playing with words as much as I do. I think my uniqueness lies in the fact that I'm me and there isn't another one of me anywhere in the world.
To tell you why I write is to open my soul to you. I write to express the passion that I feel about things; the joie de vivre that comes from being a woman and knowing that I have lived through and survived the heartache and every other little thing that life has thrown at me so far. As with so many others, writing is a release of emotions and thoughts that would otherwise clog my poor brain.
In a nutshell, I laugh a lot, get angry, burp and fart, love and hate (these are two things I do with a passion)...I'm me. Take me or leave me.
Paper Cuts
slicing with precision, parting tissue
razor edged pain that never leaves
even when it fades the memory lingers
just below the surface of my mind
a feeling, like the sharpest knife
digging deep to reach the inner me
ripping out the love I have for you
shredding thoughts of what we shared
casting them to be taken on the wind
scattered, like my broken dreams
tears shed and dried upon my cheeks
dry, aching throat and burning eyes
nothing can compare to how it feels
to have your heart ripped from you
torn by indifference and your sweet lies
but time heals and just like paper cuts
one day my broken heart will mend
Adding your comment:
I adored this audition... You have a fluid grace to your writing even when you were just answering the questions. 
