More Than 4 Analysis

The topic of my spoken word poem was More Than 4. This topic inspired me in many ways. More Than 4 means more than 4 percent for childhood cancer research. The National Cancer Institute only gives 3.7% of the funding and research to childhood cancer. The kids that I have met and have gotten close to, have inspired me to write this poem. The strength those kids have, the way they smile and laugh through the pain inspired me. Children are our future. The challenge that I had to face while writing this poem was writing the poem itself. I have been through many things with kids that I am close to who have cancer. My neighbor was diagnosed when she was 4 with Ewings Sarcoma, she’s now 3 years cancer free. I’ve had two friends my age diagnosed with cancer. One girl was named Kylie, she’s no longer suffering with cancer. The quote in my poem was said by Kylie, “Cancer should die and not the kids.” When I performed my poem, I performed it live in front of my class instead of taking a video and submitting it to my teacher. To perform my poem live in front of my class hopefully made some of the students think about how lucky they are to be living a healthy life and that complaining about having to write a one page …show more content…
If you are reading the poem with no emotion or facial expression, then when people are reading their poem, it doesn’t sound interesting. The poem sounds plain, boring, and something you just don’t want to listen to. Also, I learned that even the shortest amount of facts you can put in a poem, can change a person’s point of view of things. It can make people respect things more, appreciate things more, and believe in things more. Kids believe they will survive this beast inside them called cancer. They will be strong, and they will fight. But, these kids deserve More Than