Naming people in strange poems about city (7)
I believe the answer is:
eponyms
'naming people' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'strange poems about city' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York).
'poems' with letters rearranged gives 'epoms'.
'epoms' placed around 'ny' is 'EPONYMS'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eponyms that I've seen before include "Words derived from a person's name" , "Words derived from persons' names" .)