There are certain things that make life a little bit sweeter. Music, art, literature. All of them are called the humanities because they are the foundation of what it means to be human. True, they are not necessary for living. But they do make living a little bit better. But not everyone has the skill for it. Everyone has to capacity to enjoy it, but not necessarily the capacity to create it. So they can them try a poem commission.

A poem is a series of verses. They are not necessarily rhyming, though most people think they do. But there is a structure to them. A series of couplets that flow together.

A commission is a job. Its when a person who does not have an artistic inclination agrees to pay a fee to someone who does. The money is the main variable. In effect, its an economic transaction.

Art is commissioned for numerous reasons. In the olden days, the great masters of the Renaissance were commissioned to create portraits of their patrons. This was done because the patrons were brought up their whole lives to be rich and noble, to do things that aristocrats did, not to be as lowly as an artisan. So they had no talent for it.

Poems have one purpose. That is to exist. But their existence is to be heard or read. They meant to move hearts and move minds as well.

Poets should not be hard to come by. They should be easily found in many an open mic night. They can also be found in campuses. The easiest place to find someone is and, until something better comes along, always will be the internet. They will often post their work online where they can be experienced.

Money is going to be an issue. Yes, its true that some people want their artists to be pure, to be untouched by the realities of money. But artists do not live in a vacuum. They need to eat, to pay rent, to pay utilities. So they are going to need their the money from the commission, because that is what a commission is. Its an exchange of money for services.

But of course, the poet should be skilled. Any person with basic linguistic skills can put words together to form a sentence. They can then put those sentences together to form a verse. But that does not mean that the verse produced will be good. It just means that it will be there. Then again, artistic talent is subjective, so maybe samples should be examined before hiring anyone.

The reality of the world is that it is not pretty. It is ugly, it is cruel, and it is wild. But not always. There are times when can be so beautiful that a person can be driven to tears.