Ask your older relatives who were around when you were a child. That's not much to go on, but is likely the best you can do, unless you can locate the book that the poem was in.
It's called A Child Loaned.
If the poem has been published on the internet, you should be able to find it by entering the line you know between double quotes in Google.
The cat's name is Macavity. You will find this when you read the poem
In my opinion, poem 'child and Mother's Eugene Field was complete with the love between a child and the mother love,caring between a mother and a child...the poem is really meaningful and superb...
child cant be dervied
The poem is by Henry Lawson: http://www.tcfnectchapter.org/articles_events_files/The%20Water%20Lily.pdf
Only Batman knows
they can write a haiku or a shape poem
The adjectives in the poem "you are an African child" include proud, strong, wise, restless, and hungry.
In the poem "Sampaguita Song" by Marjorie Evasco, the images of a child depicted include innocence, purity, vulnerability, and playfulness. The poem portrays a child's experiences and emotions through vivid imagery and sensory details.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-knew-tomorrow-would-never-come/
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-knew-tomorrow-would-never-come/