Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well is a book of poems by American author Maya Angelou, published by Random House in 1975.

[1] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.

Bloom calls Angelou's performances "characteristically dynamic",[7] and says that she "moves exuberantly, vigorously to reinforce the rhythms of the lines, the tone of the words.

[11] Also in the 1994 collection was Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie and two more published after Oh Pray, And Still I Rise (1978) and Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

[12] Scholar Yasmin Y. DeGout cites "The Couple" as an example of Angelou's practice of subtly including more than one level of meaning in her poems, of her ability to translate her personal experience into political discourse, and her placement of themes of racism and liberation.

Angelou combines liberation ideology and poetic technique to challenge society's concepts of gender identity, especially in how it affects women.

Reviewer Kathryn Gibbs Harris states that the poems in Oh Pray, like "Child Dead in Old Seas", are good heritage ballads with excellent lyrics.

[17] A critic in Booklist considers the way in which the poems are organized distracting, but says that it "does not diminish the street-wise soundings infused with a particular pain and pride".

[16] The critic also says, "The sardonic quality of 'On Reaching Forty' reduces age to a minor milestone; nationhood is elevated to a higher yet deeper plane in 'Africa' and in 'America.'

[19] Reviewer James Finn Cotter states that this volume suffers from "the dangers of success"[20] that happen when poets gain too much fame too soon.

Gilbert blames Angelou's publishers for capitalizing on her success as an autobiographer, stating that Oh Pray "...is such a painfully untalented collection of poems that I can't think of any reason other than the Maya myth for it to be in print".

Hagen calls Angelou's poetry light verse and states that she writes about ordinary objects and experiences, and with deep feelings, about a variety of racial themes and concerns.