DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT...
...was your summer read! Below are a list of poems that could have connections to the novel in unique ways: some funny, some serious, some ironic, some subversive, some about theme, some about characters, some about situations. Look through them to see what's there. THEN, choose one around which to anchor the novel. Be sure your choice addresses many aspects of the novel. Cut and paste the poem into a word document. Print out that document (the poem), and bring it to class.
I Go Back to May 1937
On An Unsociable Family
The Albatross
The Obligation to be Happy
I am Learning to Abandon the World
Mrs Caldera’s House of Things
Immigrant Picnic
A Fixed Idea
September 1918
Here
Be Someone
Afterword
Father
I'm a Fool To Love You
To My Mother
Eating Together
I Close My Eyes
Sometimes a Man Stands Up During Supper
The Twins by Robert W. Service
The Twins by James Stephens
Indeed Indeed, I Cannot Tell
Hatred
A Poison Tree
On An Unsociable Family
The Albatross
The Obligation to be Happy
I am Learning to Abandon the World
Mrs Caldera’s House of Things
Immigrant Picnic
A Fixed Idea
September 1918
Here
Be Someone
Afterword
Father
I'm a Fool To Love You
To My Mother
Eating Together
I Close My Eyes
Sometimes a Man Stands Up During Supper
The Twins by Robert W. Service
The Twins by James Stephens
Indeed Indeed, I Cannot Tell
Hatred
A Poison Tree