Students might read more of O'Hara's poems, such as "Having a Coke with You," or other work by poets of the New York School, such as Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Alice Notley, or Ron Padgett.
Consider pairing the poems with Brad Gooch's biography of O'Hara City Poet, or excerpts from that text.
Consider the work of contemporary poets with a conversational style, such as Chen Chen's When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities.