The City of Poems

There is a city somewhere, not close by, but not far, a place where poems live, untold millions of poems. Most of the poems live quiet, ordinary lives, known only to a few, while a few are famous, renowned for grace and beauty. For the most part, the poems live in harmony with one another-- stuffy Sonnets sharing a tenement with willowy Haiku, and the odd, cranky but endearing old Ode. In the grand mansions atop the exclusive Bon Mot Hill live the Epics, most of ancient lineage as few are given birth nowadays. But mostly the city teems with myriads of unsung, unknown beings, each a soul in words, loved by its creator-- and that is truly enough....