Mind about start of verse getting cut (5)
I believe the answer is:
carve
'cut' is the definition.
(carving is a kind of cutting)
'mind about start of verse' is the wordplay.
'mind' becomes 'care' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'verse' is 'v'.
'care' placed around 'v' is 'CARVE'.
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for carve that I've seen before include "Truncheon" , "Slice (meat)" , "Cut into pieces" , "fashion" , "Slice (joint)" .)