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.
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
I love acting. It's my playground it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.