Regularly read soldier’s poems (4)

I believe the answer is:

odes

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'poems' is the definition.
(ode is a kind of poem)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Verses" , "Poems in praise" , "To a Skylark, To a Nightingale etc" , "Poets write them" , "Keats was fond of them" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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