homage to my hips
these hips are big hips.
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
pretty 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
yo put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top.
By: Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton’s ‘Homage to My Hips’ is a poem that commemorates the female body and its power. I love this poem, because when she talks about her body she expresses pride and ownership. Even the title of the poem ‘Homage of my hips’ is so strong. Homage means respect or reverence paid or rendered. This means that Clifton thinks her hips deserves recognition of their worth. I chose this poem; because many women forget the importance they poses and let men destroy their self-esteem by calling them out their name. These positive images in this poem allow women to appreciate their body and not enslave themselves society perception of beauty.
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