Foreshadows brilliant initial poems (5)

I believe the answer is:

bodes

'foreshadows' is the definition.
('bode' can be a synonym of 'foreshadow')

'brilliant initial poems' is the wordplay.
'initial' suggests taking the first letters.
'poems' becomes 'odes' (ode is a kind of poem).
The first letter of 'brilliant' is 'b'.
'b'+'odes'='BODES'

(Another definition for bodes that I've seen is " Is a sign of, promises".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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