Magazines

03/01/2021 - Poem a Day Compilation



Who wants to be on the cover of a magazine?

All soft filters and photoshop.

I’d rather be the natural me

With lumps, bumps and imperfections.



Don’t try to sell me any beauty mags,

I’ve seen their unrealistic body ideals;

Give me Australian Geographic instead,

Filled with wonder, awe, and inspiration.



You can keep your page threes and centrefolds

With their unrealistic body types

That lead to unrealistic expectations

Which I will certainly not live up to.



I don’t need your trashy gossip mags,

Dishing out troubles for entertainment;

Show me intelligence and insight, please,

It’s worth far more than the cover price.