Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Letter to My Daughter" bụ akwụkwọ edemede nke atọ nke Maya Angelou. O bipụtara ọtụtụ mpịakọta uri, gụnyere "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'before I Diiie" (1971), nke a họpụtara maka Onyinye Pulitzer. Ọ gụpụtala uri ya, "On the Pulse of Morning", na
emume nhọpụta nke Onye isi ala Bill Clinton na 1993, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye na-ede uri mbụ na-ekwu okwu nhọpụta kemgbe Robert Frost na nhọpụta John F. Kennedy na 1961. N'afọ 2009, mgbe e bipụtara "Letter", Angelou ebipụtala isii n'ime asaa nke usoro akụkọ ndụ ya. Akụkọ ndụ nke isii ya, "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" (2002), ka e weere dịka akụkọ ndụ ikpeazụ ya ruo mgbe o bipụtara akụkọ ndụ nke asaa ya, "Mom & Me & Mom", na 2013, mgbe ọ dị afọ 85.