Celebrated Poet Maya Angelou Dies

Maya Angelou

Legendary African American poet, Dr. Maya Angelou, has died in her North Carolina home on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86-years of age. Angelou is America's most famous modern poet, penning pieces that uplifted millions during challenging times in the nation's history. She also stood for women's rights at a time in history females were treated like second class citizens in the nation and the world. For this service she became a national treasure.

Maya Angelou

Her works have been appreciated all over the globe and she was invited to visit many nations to speak and recite her poetry. My aunt, Professor Lorna Goodison, who is also a poet laureate, had the distinct honor of having her poetry published in a book with Dr. Angelou entitled, "Quartet Of Stories." Angelou's potent words, effervescent smile and sweet spirit will be greatly missed.  

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Madonna Stole Anne Sexton Poem

Mad-onna

Another nice reader has sent the site information regarding Madonna stealing others copyrighted works and trying to pass it off as her own, in violation of the Copyright Act and Berne Convention.

Chronic copyright infringer Madonna, stole a poem by Anne Sexton, changing a few lines, then sending it to a boyfriend, who auctioned it off for profit recently. I don’t know why anyone would want to own any drivel by that madwoman.

Anne Sexton

However, her conduct in the Sexton theft, illustrates a well-established pattern of copyright theft Madonna has utilized in her own career, from her very first infringing song that hit the charts.

She searches for preexisting copyrights, when one strikes her fancy, she steals it, changes a line or two, then releases it as her own like a sociopath, committing criminal copyright infringement for financial enrichment, which is also constitutes fraud, money laundering and conversion.

Side Bar: why do some people say "borrowed" when attempting to minimize what is "stealing" and criminal theft of property. You borrow a cup of sugar. When you take a copyright(s), you've committed a domestic and international crime classified as stealing.

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Madonna 'borrowed Sexton love poem'

Thursday, August 6 2009, 1:24am EDT - A love poem that Madonna wrote to her former bodyguard is similar to one that Anne Sexton penned, it has been reported.

House Gottahaveit.com are reportedly auctioning off raunchy video and audio tapes that the 'Erotica' singer sent to her ex-minder James Albright, along with love letters she would fax him using the alias Lola Montez.

One of the poems up for sale closely resembles Sexton's Love Song from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's Live Or Die collection, the New York Post reports.

A fax dated December 24, 1993 reads: "I was the girl of the love letter/the girl full of talk of dreams and destination... the one with her eyes half under the covers/with her large gun-metal blue eyes/with the thick vein in the crook of her neck."

In comparison, Sexton wrote: "I was the girl of the chain letter/the girl full of talk of coffins and keyholes...the one with her eyes half under her coat/with her large gun-metal blue eyes/with the thin vein at the bend of her neck."...

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TMZ Hospitalized Maya Angelou

Proving they will go too far for a scoop, even to the point of making one up, TMZ posted on Saturday, October 3, 2009, that award winning poet, Maya Angelou, whose poetry was released in a compilation book along with my aunt's work and that of a couple other female poets, had been rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles, California.

I started praying for the poor woman, asking the Lord to help Maya, when she wasn't even in the hospital or Los Angeles, for that matter.

TMZ, when you bribe sources for information, as you did in the Rihanna case and that of Michael Jackson, make sure they actually have the right person. You're welcome.

Maya Angelou hospitalized? Not so fast, TMZ

Posted October 4, 2009 - 9:27 a.m. - Contrary to a Saturday night TMZ.com report, literary giant Maya Angelou was not hospitalized while in Los Angeles, CNN reported this morning.

CNN news editor Saeed Ahmed shared this on Twitter earlier today: "Contrary to TMZ report, Maya Angelou is fine, at home, & wasn't even in LA Sat nite, said her literary agent Helen Brann."

TMZ has gained a reputation for scooping traditional news outlets with news of celebrity ailments, famously reporting Michael Jackson's death long before other outlets.

TMZ's Saturday night report -- branded as an exclusive -- was brief, saying that the story was developing.

The TMZ article was updated some time after 10 a.m. today -- with a different, smiling photo of Angelou -- to reflect the misinformation.

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TMZ Hospitalized Maya Angelou

Proving they will go too far for a scoop, even to the point of making one up, TMZ posted on Saturday, October 3, 2009, that award winning poet, Maya Angelou, whose poetry was released in a compilation book along with my aunt's work and that of a couple other female poets, had been rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles, California.

I started praying for the poor woman, asking the Lord to help Maya, when she wasn't even in the hospital or Los Angeles, for that matter.

TMZ, when you bribe sources for information, as you did in the Rihanna case and that of Michael Jackson, make sure they actually have the right person. You're welcome.

Maya Angelou hospitalized? Not so fast, TMZ

Posted October 4, 2009 - 9:27 a.m. - Contrary to a Saturday night TMZ.com report, literary giant Maya Angelou was not hospitalized while in Los Angeles, CNN reported this morning.

CNN news editor Saeed Ahmed shared this on Twitter earlier today: "Contrary to TMZ report, Maya Angelou is fine, at home, & wasn't even in LA Sat nite, said her literary agent Helen Brann."

TMZ has gained a reputation for scooping traditional news outlets with news of celebrity ailments, famously reporting Michael Jackson's death long before other outlets.

TMZ's Saturday night report -- branded as an exclusive -- was brief, saying that the story was developing.

The TMZ article was updated some time after 10 a.m. today -- with a different, smiling photo of Angelou -- to reflect the misinformation.

http://www.freep.com