Gorman spoke about the help Winfrey provided on Twitter.

"Thank you! I would be nowhere without the women whose footsteps I dance in," she wrote.

"While reciting my poem, I wore a ring with a caged bird—a gift from Oprah for the occasion, to symbolize Maya Angelou, a previous inaugural poet. Here’s to the women who have climbed my hills before," she added.

Thank you! I would be nowhere without the women whose footsteps I dance in. While reciting my poem, I wore a ring with a caged bird—a gift from @Oprah for the occasion , to symbolize Maya Angelou, a previous inaugural poet. Here’s to the women who have climbed my hills before. https://t.co/5Tegd20sko

— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) January 20, 2021

Gorman has been appearing widely in interviews since delivering her poem, noting that like Biden, she had a speech impediment as a child and was able to find her way past it through poetry.

"Having an arena in which I could express my thoughts freely was just so liberating that I fell head over heels, you know, when I was barely a toddler," she told NPR.

"Maya Angelou was mute growing up as a child and she grew up to deliver the inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. So I think there is a real history of orators who have had to struggle with a type of imposed voicelessness, you know, having that stage in the inauguration," she added.

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