Grapes in My Father's Yard'
I love English,
I love my language too
And I love to see my children speak my language,
I thank my mum for my mother tongue [...]
s I used to watch blooming grapes
in my father's yard,
I used to listen to my father's song [...]
I want to say I am lost between grammars
I pretend to laugh at the jokes that I don't understand
10 I feel at home when I hear my great grand-father's tongue
Strange voices in Gujurati give comfort.
Strange voices in Kurdish give comfort.
Strange Polish voices give comfort. [...]
I want to belong
Astrid, Mihaela, Anokhee, Rangin, Anwar, Dilo, and
Shirin,"Grapes in My Father's Yard", www.storyingsheffield.com

a. Read and listen to the poem. What information
do we get about the poets?
b. Explain how the poets consider England and
the English language.
c. Say how they relate to their countries of origin.
d. GRAMMAR Observe: "I used to listen to my father's
song" (1.7). What verb form does the speaker use
to evoke the past? What impression is conveyed?
e. Say what the "grapes in my father's yard" evoke
in the speaker's mind.