Know or listen to those who know.
Leap, and the net will appear.
You never know what motivates you.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Only the educated are free.
Always desire to learn something useful.
I can, therefore I am.
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.