Seeking Inspiration

The poetry contest deadline is coming up soon. One of the categories is "Poetry for Children". That's something I've never tried to do before, so I decided that I might try it this time, but it's been difficult coming up with an idea. What in the world would children like in a poem? Kids, do you wonder why we humans cannot fly? We have no wings; that's why! Hmmmm...That doesn't seem to work very well. Most kids probably have never wondered about that at all. Or maybe they have. It's been way too long since I was a kid. Did I ever wonder about things like that? I know I used to watch the clouds and wonder why they changed shapes the way they do. How can it look like a pig one minute and like Donald Trump a minute or two later? (I know what you're thinking, but don't say it!) I bought me a pig in a poke, but someone has pulled a big joke! I'm fit to be tied, for a cat was inside! Now my money's all gone, and I'm broke! That's not going to work, either. Kids won't know that a poke is a sack, and that people used to sell cats in sacks, pretending that pigs were inside. There has to be something I can write about. Children like animals, don't they? Puppies and bunnies, kittens and little fuzzy chicks. Today I saw three ravens feeding on a deer carcass. Got to be something there, right? A bit like Goldilocks and the three bears? Naw, scratch that. Keep thinking.