Every Wednesday in March on BlackAmericaWeb.com, we’re celebrating Women’s History Month with dedicated content celebrating all things #BlackGirlMagic, #Herstory or whatever clever term you want to insert that represents all the wonders which is womanhood.
So let’s hear it for the women (and girls) who are kicking butt, whether it is launching a clothing line for all sizes at age 10 or building a freestanding ER room in a major city – let’s celebrate!
Let’s kick it off with 3 poems from Black female poets you need to read and don’t forget to check out new content every Wednesday!
Lucille Clifton‘s 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
