Female slave’s poem involving wild quails (9)
I believe the answer is:
odalisque
'female slave's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'poem involving wild quails' is the wordplay.
'poem' becomes 'ode' (ode is a type of poem).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'quails' with letters rearranged gives 'alisqu'.
'ode' going around 'alisqu' is 'ODALISQUE'.
(Other definitions for odalisque that I've seen before include "Concubine" , "Harem slave" , "Female slave" .)