Front Page Beauty

I was inspired to write this after reading J. Black's poem "Magazines Kill."

You're so, beautiful

Your touch, is so cold

Your eyes, pretty sight

Your soul, an empty hole

 

Perfection is perception of an individual

Universal publications of this are so shallow

Conformity to magazines is nothing that we need

Impressionable misunderstood targeting the weak

 

Physically aesthetic yet so mentally abhorrent

Powerful epidemic spreading anorexia

Pleasing to the eye and easily forgetting the mind

Revolting and repulsive and undyingly repelling

 

The beauty of the cover over the emaciated pages

What you see is what you get and what you get is nothing but s**t

Reviews

[Laura Ex]

This poem is beyond beautiful in every way. the concept, the way the imagery flows perfectly. very stellar job. :]

[~angelalala~]

i love this write. so intense, & so raw & honest. we are fed image after image of air-brushed, cut-up clones in magazines, on tv, everywhere we look. as if true beauty, what makes a person beautiful, their uniqueness, their soul, their humanity, does not exist anymore. i love the powerful statements you make here "Perfection is perception of an individual Universal publications of this are so shallow Conformity to magazines is nothing that we need Impressionable misunderstood targeting the weak". & sadly, it not only is harming us as a society, little girls that are given this unattainable goal to reach, but also the poor 'beautiful' models whose beauty is exploited, then tossed out when they turn 21. a very deep & truthful write. brilliant.

[Starting Over]

This was awesome! I like the 1st few lines... they were real great! i like how you kind of have the whole Stop Peer Pressure thing... it was great! Something that alot of people can relate to!

[Last Lying Look]

This is such an excellent write!
"The beauty of the cover over the emaciated pages
What you see is what you get and what you get is nothing but s**t"
Very true.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
and the media depicts perfection as cardboard thin with no brains.
Humans weren't born to be skeletons.
Kick a*s write.
-Elissa

[Bella]

I love this poem, because it is very true.
I especially love the lines, "Your soul, an empty hole" and "What you see is what you get and what you get is nothing but s**t.
This is so great!

[Walkingblind]

this is a hard hitter right here I liked it alot especially the first
stanza it just set it off. The truth seeping out of this poem is crazy
and u hit everything pefectly great job

[~Unashamed Love~]

"What you see is what you get and what you get is nothing but s**t"

---> Love it, so very true!

[n]

This is extremely good!
It has good meaning, plus you wrote it great.

Good job.

[AG]

very strong ideas there. i'm deeply intrigued at how this poem may seem offensive to some people in said industry being criticized and also at how true it is beyond all what's reality.

i somehow find your perception of this commercial pandemonium we call fashion more of a truth than mere opinion.

moving. profoundly moving.

[Wicahpi]

Wow! Surprised by this poem....
I know, one should not place
all men in one category.
But, I am surprised to hear a man
turned off by the so called 'fashion queens'.
aka fashion models in all those magazines
that I don't touch.

To think I was once so close to making that
my career.