Lucille Clifton

[xanderschild.livejournal.com]

homage to my hips

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!

Comments

[amieinstereo.livejournal.com]

Nice.
This is great- i read it in college and liked it,
then promptly forgot all about it.
Thanks for reminding me.

[duriyah.livejournal.com]

This is great! Thanks :)