Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
I can, therefore I am.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
You never know what motivates you.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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.