"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!
-Lucille Clifton
Of all the time periods we have studied (Classical, Medieval, Renaissance/Reformation, Neoclassical/Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-Modern), my favorite poem is "Homage to my Hips". Many women are ashamed of having big hips, but the speaker in the poem is so confident and honest with herself. She does not care if she has big hips. She is proud of her big hips. At the beginning of the poem on the first line "these hips are big hips", the speaker is aware of society's problems that have with female body figures.In this poem hips are describe as free and had never been enslaved, they go and do what they want to do. The speaker also describes her hips magical because her hips can do their job and put a spell on a man, in other words seduce the man.By the end of the poem her hips are magical and seductive when ever she wants them to be. I like this poem because the speaker says positive things about having big hips and she is proud of how she looks and what god gave her. Also I like it because is not to difficult to find the real meaning of the poem.
who is vane? lol
ReplyDeleteAnyway I liked this for the same as you do! Its true how a lot of women are ashamed of their hips. Women just have to accept themselves as they are.
I like this poem as well its just that I like romanticism as well. This poem is very good I like the way that the poem talks about women being strong and nothing stopping them.
ReplyDeleteI like this poem because the poet is talking about being proud of her hips. Women are sometimes ashamed of them but there is no reason for them to be.
ReplyDeleteI also liked this poem. That yes women are strong and no one can tell them what to do. They can stand up for themselves :)
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