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  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


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  Riya Riska  (4/30/2009 12:17:00 AM)

Hip..hips..
Big hips like my hips!
  Allison Bennett  (4/8/2007 7:33:00 PM)

I have to write a poetry paper connecting Homage to my Hips, Hoamge to my hair and What the Mirror Said; all by Lucille Clifton, if anyone can help me connect these poems I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!
  Jenn Murray  (9/25/2006 9:26:00 PM)

Can someone please help me out with this poem please, I have to write a paper on it and I want to make sure I fully understand it. I get the overall idea for the most part, but if someone that really understands this could help me out by posting something, that would be great. Thank you!
  Sarah Grafton  (11/1/2005 3:23:00 AM)

Homage to Her Hips

These hips are mungo hips
They yearn for terf to
gyrate in
They don't harmonize into wee
niggling zones. These hips
are footloose hips.
They don't savor to be gorked.
They have never been incommunicado,
they mosey where they wanna beat it.
They pull off where they want to give satisfaction.
These hips are steamroller hips
these hips are pizzazz.
I have noted them
to plunk a double whammy on a macho earthling
and hurl him like a frisbee.
  Eseta O Poulivaati  (8/12/2005 3:43:00 PM)

this poem has got to be my FAVORITE poem ever! ! I had used this poem for my senior year back in 2001 for my final english exam.....and Can I just say! ! this poem got me to the top of my class! ! Thank you Ms. Clifton! ! My class enjoyed your poem and so did I! !
  Michael Shepherd  (8/5/2005 6:06:00 AM)

Hip, hip, hooray! ...

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