Poems to order

I have a poetry commission. It makes me feel like I am in the army.

Not sure what others do in this situation, I have given a choice of 3.

1. A dedication (free choice of poem to me although I guess the commissioner will have some preference).
2. Time in residence plus a poem
3. Free choice of poem subject to commissioner

Now I am left wandering what they will choose in a 16th century kind of way...and delighted to see that the web is full of people offering their services on this basis in the 21st too.