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.
I arise full of eagerness and energy knowing well what achievement lies...
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Our ideals are our better selves.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew and does not patter down...
Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.
Think with your whole body.
The authentic self is the soul made visible.
Learning how to be still to really be still and let life happen - that...
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the...
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
As knowledge increases wonder deepens.
We convince by our presence.
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
A human being has so many skins inside covering the depths of the heart. We...
I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let...
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
A man has to learn that he cannot command things but that he can command...
For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection...
And now this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse...
Give light and people will find the way.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they...
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create to overcome to...
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
When deeds speak words are nothing.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy...
Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul and know love...
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn the...
