Pat Mora (born January 19, 1942 in El Paso, Texas) is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children. Her grandparents came to El Paso from northern Mexico.

As the author describes the actions and rituals performed by their two children — a twelve-year-old daughter and a sixteen-year old son — every day in order to look a certain way, Mora continually expresses a somber tone, showing remorse for the roles the children feel pressured by society to fill.

The poem is a free verse poem that follows no meter or rhyme scheme.

The speaker is the mother of two kids, a son and daughter. She is watching her children and their attempts to be “beautiful.” The first half of the poem is about the daughter. The mother notices the effort she puts in every morning to look right and the disappointment that she sees.

Pat has written many children’s books. Lee and Low Books published her 2018 children’s poetry collection, Bookjoy, Wordjoy Pat also wrote two collections for young adults, Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love written in the voices of teens, and My Own True Name.

Born in El Paso, Texas, poet, writer, former teacher, university administrator, museum director, and consultant Pat Mora is a popular national speaker who promotes creativity, inclusivity and bookjoy. She is the author of many books of poetry and children’s books.

Pat Mora is a Mexican-American author, poet, and advocate for the Hispanic community. Many of her books are bilingual, presenting topics affecting Mexican-American families and culture. She is also the founder of Children’s Day/Book Day (El día de los libros/El día de los niños), known as “Día.”

Mora has taught at the University of New Mexico where she held the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor. She has also worked as a museum director and as a consultant on U.S.-Mexico youth exchanges. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Pat Mora’s “Fences” is a delicate poem that deals with the timely issues of class divide and privilege. She begins her poem on a positive note, saying “Mouths full of laughter,” which creates this safe and harmless tone.

Pat Mora

“Elliptical” is a prose poem.

Still, Mullen herself has cited “Elliptical” as one of the poems in Dictionary that “echo recurrent discussions of identity politics, multiculturalism, immigration, assimilation, and racial profiling.” Poet James Lowell Brunton observes, “While anyone could be speaking these lines the poem is reminiscent of the …

Harryette Mullen purposefully uses diction to convey the theme of people subconsciously associating negativity with placing others in a group that is different from their own. You just studied 4 terms!

The theme is the underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey. Themes can feature in poetry, a short story, a novel, or even a work of art. It can be something as simple as love, or as something more complex, such as human versus nature.

Examples. Some common themes in literature are “love,” “war,” “revenge,” “betrayal,” “patriotism,” “grace,” “isolation,” “motherhood,” “forgiveness,” “wartime loss,” “treachery,” “rich versus poor,” “appearance versus reality,” and “help from other-worldly powers.”

From a writing perspective, regret can be an evocative touch point, one we can mine in our stories. As a theme, don’t forget it… or you’ll regret it.

Terms in this set (8)

• Religious. Religious theme of art.
• Politics and the Social Order. Theme of art that involves societies.
• Stories and Histories. theme of art that involves stories whether real or make believe.
• Genre. Scenes of every day life.
• Personal Expression.
• Fantasy.
• The Natural World.
• Art for arts sake.

• 1 Identity. With increasing globalization, intersections of cultures and more vocal discussions of women’s rights and LGBT rights, identity has become a common theme in 21st century literature.
• 2 History and Memory.
• 3 Technology.
• 4 Intertextuality.

It teaches us about life by exposing us to the lives of different people through their stories, and from these vicarious experiences, we learn important lessons and values. Literature teaches us humanity – to be sensitive and empathetic towards others.

The 21st century in literature refers to world literature produced during the 21st century. The measure of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) the year 2001 to the present.

These are just among many themes that 21st century literature covers. Among these are of course, love, sex, family, religion, but approached in a different way. They are more liberal and unfiltered in a sense, just like the world we live in.

21st Century Themes include Global Awareness; and Environmental, Financial, Civic, and Health Literacy.

Notable Contemporary Artists in the Philippines

• Ronald Ventura: “Crack in the Hull”
• Andres Barrioquinto: “The Back of Love”
• Elmer Borlongan: “Quiapo”
• Jose John Santos III: “Untitled”
• Annie Cabigting: “Kunst Museum”
• Jigger Cruz: “Blares of the Opposite”
• Mark Justiniani: “Ang Hari”
• Alfredo Esquillo: “Daang Ligid Cruz”

Literature starts way back in prehistory when everything was in the oral tradition. But literature before and after 21st century have oral lore. Before, mythology and epics were being told to generations and to generations while our contemporary literature have spoken word performances, poetry reading, etc.