Sii wad qoraalka sadarkan - "Warqad aan u qorayo Gabadhayda" waa buuggii saddexaad ee Maya Angelou. Waxay daabacday dhowr mug oo gabayo ah, oo ay ku jiraan "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'before I Diiie" (1971), oo loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Pulitzer. Waxay tiriyey gabaygeeda "Subaxdii subax", markii la caleemo saaray
Madaxweyne Bill Clinton sanadkii 1993, taasoo ka dhigeysa gabayaaga ugu horeeyay ee tiriya gabayada caleema saarka tan iyo Robert Frost ee caleema saarka John F. Kennedy sanadkii 1961. Sanadkii 2009, markii "Letter" la daabacay, Angelou waxay daabacday lix ka mid ah todobadii qaybood ee taxanaha taariikh nololeedkeeda. Taariikh nololeedkeedii lixaad, "Hees lagu soo tuuray Jannada" (2002), waxaa loo tixgeliyey inay tahay taariikh nololeedkeedii ugu dambeeyay ilaa ay daabacday taariikh nololeedkeedii toddobaad, "Mom & Me & Mom", sanadkii 2013, iyadoo ay da'deedu ahayd 85.