Marissa Barrett’s post relating to cancer caught my
attention because of the prevalence of cancer in today’s society and the
question of why that is. Whether it’s
the increasing amount of pollution in the world, or even the greater amount of
plastic we use, something is causing cancer rates in increase. The topic of
cancer really hits close to home with me because my grandma was diagnosed with
breast cancer years ago, and beat it, and my grandpa passed away from lung
cancer. My mom also works at UK Markey Cancer Center so she is extremely involved
in spreading cancer awareness and teaching healthy lifestyles. She holds an
event every year called “Mamm’s Day Out” where uninsured or underinsured women
can come get free mammograms, which in my opinion is extremely awesome. Markey
Cancer Center treats all forms of cancer but they specialize in blood, bone,
brain, breast, gastrointestinal, liver, lung, and several other forms of cancer
with their specialized multidisciplinary teams. Both of my grandparents were
treated at Markey- its one of the best cancer treating centers in the nation. I
included a link to Markey’s website where you can read about all the cancer
types they specialize in as well as former patients stories about their
experience and recovery through Markey Cancer Center.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Blog Post #1
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/living/poetry-dead-poet-laureate-herrera-feat/index.html
The link I have attached broadly encumbers my topic, pertaining to poetry. I wanted to include a brief introduction to modern poetry and bring up the initial idea of if it is even relevant in todays society, compared to its vastness in history. However, the link I provided does not bring up the exact topic I want to discuss. I am a bit of a poetry nerd myself, so this is a source of passion, but in my opinion, and even the opinions of non-poetry fanatics, poetry is still very relevant today (and I can support that with the amount of photos posted on social media of pages from modern, popular poetry books from thousands of people). But the question I pose, is "What exactly is poetry today?" The term poetry, in my opinion, has morphed into an idea that any simple, fragmental, incomplete thought over "a boy" or "heartbreak" is the next best thing. And since society doesn't know what historically good poetry is, they eat it up. For example, popular poets today such as R.H. Sin and R.M. Drake are wildly popular- but if you take their entire volume of poetry, there are probably less words total than this blog post. There is no substance in todays poetry. I know this just may be the next transition in poetry, as there inevitably always is, but I just don't like it, to put it simply.
The link I have attached broadly encumbers my topic, pertaining to poetry. I wanted to include a brief introduction to modern poetry and bring up the initial idea of if it is even relevant in todays society, compared to its vastness in history. However, the link I provided does not bring up the exact topic I want to discuss. I am a bit of a poetry nerd myself, so this is a source of passion, but in my opinion, and even the opinions of non-poetry fanatics, poetry is still very relevant today (and I can support that with the amount of photos posted on social media of pages from modern, popular poetry books from thousands of people). But the question I pose, is "What exactly is poetry today?" The term poetry, in my opinion, has morphed into an idea that any simple, fragmental, incomplete thought over "a boy" or "heartbreak" is the next best thing. And since society doesn't know what historically good poetry is, they eat it up. For example, popular poets today such as R.H. Sin and R.M. Drake are wildly popular- but if you take their entire volume of poetry, there are probably less words total than this blog post. There is no substance in todays poetry. I know this just may be the next transition in poetry, as there inevitably always is, but I just don't like it, to put it simply.
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