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.
“My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
“Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man.”