[header] How to write poetry for kids [title] Consider your audience. [step] Young children tend to gravitate toward short poetry that rhymes. Funny and silly poems are usually popular, as are nursery rhymes. 
You don't have to write rhyming poetry, but rhymes actually develop valuable pre-reading skills for young children. [substeps] Poems that are about everyday and ordinary experiences can be a good way for young children to learn to think about those things in different lights.