good morning world / poems by Evie C Ioannidi

Quick note: Welcome to The Crocodile, everyone! Thank you for all your support so far and your excellent advice. If you're interested in submitting, drop us an email - crocodile-magazine@gmail.com, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Especial thanks goes to Foyle Young Poets winner Evie Ioannidi. Evie was the first to submit, with three vividly imagined and beautifully phrased poems.

We hope you enjoy reading her work.
- Beth Jellicoe

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Because Backstage Is Much More Fun

You found out

That the meaning of life

Was overrated

And that you’d

Already heard meanings

Far more interesting

Than that.

You were the fairy-tale

Lovechild

Of a rich taste

And a poor resolution

But really

That was your first step

Towards a happy ending.

Yet you wanted

To do something

Spiteful.

So you cleaned the house

Without telling them,

Knowing they

Would do it

All over again.

And it doesn’t really matter

Anymore,

Because you’ve

Moved on since then.

But it gives you something

To talk about.

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'Tis As Easy As Lying

I love your smile

When you're playing
With hatred
And the sound

Of your happiness as it
Torches through the room.

 

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The sound of (s)laughter
The match strikes itself

For an inferno

In the shape

Of a crooked grin

And a vacuous stare

Where our most

Innocent of weapons

Is carefree deceit.

And who can tell,

If the body in the kitchen
Was here all the while
Or if it just

Came along for the ride?

You know, you never saw it coming
When my teeth transformed

Your beating heart.

I said my bark was worse than it,

I never said I didn't have one.

- Evie C Ioannidi

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Bio

"I was born in London but moved to Athens, Greece at the age of eight. Since then, I have developed an interest for theatre, hobbits and, of course, poetry. I was one of the top fifteen winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year award in 2010 and that gave me the push I needed to consider writing a real option for myself. Next year, I hope to be studying English literature back in England." - Evie C Ioannidi