Familiar name for poetry that's various (7)

I believe the answer is:

diverse

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'that's various' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'familiar name for poetry' is the wordplay.
'familiar name' becomes 'di' (I am not sure about the 'familiar' bit.).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'poetry' becomes 'verse' (lines written in verse).
'di'+'verse'='DIVERSE'

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(Other definitions for diverse that I've seen before include "Several" , "Showing variety" , "Sundry" , "'Various, assorted (7)'" , "Disparate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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