Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Well done is better than well said.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
You never know what motivates you.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Who seeks shall find.
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.