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homage to my hips

By Lucille Clifton Sharethese 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! Copyright Credit: Lucille Clifton, “homage to my hips” from Good Woman. Copyright © 1987 by Lucille Clifton. Reprinted with the permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd. Source: Good Woman (BOA Editions Ltd., 1987) Share Browse byAuthor Poem categories Nature Social Commentaries Gender & Sexuality The Body Relationships Meters Free Verse

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