If you've got a talent, protect it.
Well done is better than well said.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Only the educated are free.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
I can, therefore I am.
You never know what motivates you.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
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.