Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Know or listen to those who know.
Well done is better than well said.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Only the educated are free.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.