Homage to My Hips – Lucille Clifton

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

to put a spell on a man and

spin him like a top!

I love the way this writer talks about how her hips cannot be held back, how they need space and can't fit into little pretty places.  This is a woman who is comfortable with making room for herself in the world.