Best Body Image Poems

Sometimes studying the mirror I'm overcome with chagrin
Feeling disappointed by this shell I'm dwelling in.
With my slightly too thick midriff there above my underwear,
I'm more the rotund apple than alluring luscious pear,
Making ludicrous comparisons to girls with waspy waists,
And my nose, Lord, Pinocchio's, upon my...

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

You only realise this, the more you get older

I want to take a moment to look at my life

I have a job, my health, and I am even a wife

I am made to feel mad because I have...

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Fashion cover girls these days make me sick,
All haggard and thin, they look like a stick.
Picking on South Beach diets to trim flat waists         
Do they have a life with surgical pastes?
We XL women may not be...

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bowed before you once again
i’m worshipping you 
when i said i wouldn’t 

bent in half
i’m surrendering both my dinner 
and my fears

knelt down before you
my legs tremble 
my hands and chin drip

hunched over you
i am obedient
under your tyrannical rules 

there will be no revolution today...

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i remember
being by the pool
i was no more than ten
my grandmother
was enjoying herself
chatting and laughing
suddenly
i caught
myself thinking

it will be nice
to get to that age
and not care
what my body
looks like

what !

even at that age
i knew
there was something
wrong

they had gotten
to me

i was already
brainwashed



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

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I cause one's self confidence to crumble away  
Like a worn-down building left to decay 
I infect the minds of the old and young 
Trapping them in the isolated web I've strung 
I force others to believe they aren't good enough 
They must be...

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Always do they eat
Never have they eaten
They do not conjugate
Verbs that make them thicken...

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sweet decadent belly
how ever will you forgive me
i didn’t know
couldn’t know 
how to love you

i didn’t see that you were more than a belly
you were an entire person
an easy breezy lover girl committed to the pursuit of all things joyful

i used to joke that you...

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The mirror shows only a picture,
                                       ...

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Your stretch marks are like a vast network of river’s guiding you deeper into the heart of the Amazon, and anyone who ridicules you wouldn’t deserve to follow them anyway...

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My stomach twists, 
Empty.
I'll run to forget the pain,
Busy.
Drinking water helps,
Better.
I go home and shower, 
Clean.
My reflection catches my eye,
Fat.
I look away,
Shame.
I flip on the TV.
Bored.
Victoria's Secret ad comes on,
Curious.
Their bodies chiseled into perfection,
Jealous
Tv turned off,
Wishing.
Empty refrigerators will stay,
Almost.
Next workout to burn off more,
Thin.
My stomach...

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You invite me?
Cool calm infectious desire
Examine your SIRE
Claim your treasure

 Gaze into my soul and tell me what you see
A sensuous poison? Have a closer view
You are defenseless for a while.
Your wings clipped sure so right TONIGHT

Teasingly seductive slight smile allure
You try and fight and...

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I strip in the solitude of my room.
the mirror reflects secrets that I keep.
All the silent screams of my faint life’s doom,
visible unhealed scars  that hurt so deep.

Still I dream of you, naked in silence,
Nosy fingers deepening on my skin.
Scared of your rage when...

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Mrs Potato Head
Mrs Potato Head's image surprised 
That can't be me it's someone else I see
I still feel young in my heart and pint-sized 
The mirror tells lies, it’s true believe me.

That can't be me it's someone else I see
She'd an idea that'd get weight...

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In my teens nothing bothered me,
Size 10 I could eat what I wanted,
My weight wasn’t something I worried about,

In my twenties and in my prime,
Size ten to twelve I watched what I ate,
Aerobics and weightlifting became my thing,
To keep my flat tum and tight bum,

In...

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