Light piece of verse that facilitates communication (8)

I believe the answer is:

landline

'that facilitates communication' is the definition.

'light piece of verse' is the wordplay.
'light' becomes 'land' (I've seen this before).
'piece of verse' becomes 'line'.
'land'+'line'='LANDLINE'

(Another definition for landline that I've seen is " Means of comms".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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