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 * =Pat Mora =

 **Pat Mora** is a great poetry writer who has won many awards for her poetry and her writing. Her writing is very wellknown for children books and nonfiction stories.Mora freguently writes about issues involving herhispanic culture she has written poems such as"Senor X No More" and "La Migra" which are both about trouble and hardship for the Mexican people."Senor X No More" is about how she had trouble learning to read and write and that she had never even been taught. She is proud when she can just write her name on a piece of paper and know it is hers."La Migra" is about how the people trying to cross the border into the United States are mistreated andabused by the border patrol. Mora was born in El Paso, Texas in 1942. She is now married and has three grown children. She attended Texas Western College where she recieved her Bachelors deree, and later attended the University of Texasfor her Masters degree. Mora is now retired and has homes in New Mexico and Ohio. When Mora is not at home,she travels around to different schools to teach and show some of her writings. Mora has written many poems including; "In The Blood", "Senora X No More", "Elena", and "La Migra". ||

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Poetry links
[|My Own True Name] [|Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints] [|Auga Santa] ||
 * < * [|In The Blood and Teenagers]
 * [|Senora X No More]
 * [|Elena]
 * [|La Migra] ||
 * Books of poetry by Pat Mora

Explication
Explication of "Teenagers"

__Teenagers __  One day they disappear into their rooms. Doors and lips shut and we become strangers in our own home.

I pace the hall, hear whispers, A code I knew but can’t remember Mouthed by mouths I taught to speak.

Years later the door opens. I see faces I once held, Open as sunflowers in my hands. I see Familiar skin now stretched on long bodies That move past me Glowing Almost like pearls  The poem titled “Teenagers” by Pat Mora, the text taken from an online biography of Pat Mora ( http://project1.caryacademy.org/echoes/poet_Pat_Mora/SamplepoemsMora.htm ), is about a normal teenagers life. This lyrical poem reflects how, many teenagers isolate themselves from the real world and let their minds take over. Mora explains how parents feel ignored in their own house while their child is home. Mora’s poem describes the feelings of a teenager by describing their actions.

When Mora says, "I pace the hall, hear whispers, a code I knew but can't remember..." she is explaining the language of teenagers. Now days, that language would possibly be texting or e-mail. I remember a couple of days ago when I came back down stairs, and it turned out that I had been hanging out in my room for nearly three hours. I must have had a reason, but still, my parents had no communication with me. Mora later explains in her poem that teenagers soon grow bright and wonderful “Glowing almost like pearls.” What she means by that is, when a teenager grows older and matures, then they become confident and parents become proud. The meaning behind this poem is that teenagers have a different work ethic than a fully matured human, but everyone will eventualy grow out of that stage.