Qor qormo dheeri ah oo ku saabsan cutubkan - "Hees lagu soo tuuray Jannada" (2002) waa tan lixaad ee taxanaha sheekooyinka Maya Angelou, waqtiga la daabacayna waxaa loo tixgeliyey inay tahay qaybtii ugu dambeysay. Waxaa la dhammaystiray 16 sano kadib markii la daabacay buugyadeedii ugu horreeyay ee taariikh nololeed, "Dhamaan Carruurta Ilaah waxay u baahan yihiin kabo safar ah" (1986) iyo in ka badan soddon sano kadib markii la daabacay buugyadeedii ugu horreeyay, "Waan ogahay sababta shimbirta xabsiga ku jirta ay u heeso". Angelou waxay qortay laba ururinta maqaallada, "Willn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" (1993) iyo "Xitaa Xiddigaha waxay u muuqdaan kuwo Lonesome" (1997), oo qoraaga Hilton Als uu ugu yeeray "buugaagta xigmadda" iyo "hadallada la isku xidhay qoraallada taariikh nololeedka". Waxay sidoo kale sii waday gabayadeeda iyada oo daabacday dhowr mug, oo ay ku jiraan ururinta gabayadeeda, "The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou" (1994). Sanadkii 1993, Angelou waxay tiriyay gabaygeeda "On the Pulse of Morning" xaflada caleemo saarka
Madaxweyne Bill Clinton, waxa uu noqday Abwaankii ugu horeeyay ee tiriya Gabayada Caleema Saarka tan iyo Robert Frost ee caleema saarka John F. Kennedy sanadkii 1961. Sheekadeeda waxay keentay caan ka badan iyo aqoonsi shaqadeedii hore, waxayna ballaarisay rafcaanka "ka baxsan xuduudaha qowmiyadeed, dhaqaale, iyo waxbarasho".