Homage to my Hips
1:00 PMSo as I was cruising tumblr last night, I got a message from one of my followers and she mentioned a poem by Lucille Clifton entitled "Homage to my Hips" and so when I got to work this morning I went right to google and looked it up! It's short, but packs a lot. Kudos and *2 SNAPS* to Lucille Clifton!
these hips are big hips.
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top
-Lucille Clifton
xoxo
Shay
5 comments
how awesome is this poem! Great read!
ReplyDeleteMakes me glad and happy to be in the body that I am in..
Great post!
:)
I love it!Moving and potent. All hips need this love.
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I love the poem, I really do :).
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