April 13th, 2008 - Great Women Writers
With poems like “Poem in Praise of Menstration” and ”Poem to my uterus” – Lucille Clifton is a New York born poem writing diva. Her sensual writing style has landed her two nominations for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and many other numerous awards. Clifton believes that the purpose of poetry is to, “assert the importance of being human.” Her poems deal with birth, life, death and all around human nature.
Homage to My Hips 
thesehipsarebighips.
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
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