Veers away from some poetry (5)
I believe the answer is:
verse
'some poetry' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'veers away' is the wordplay.
'away' is an anagram indicator (letters move away from their original places).
'veers' with letters rearranged gives 'VERSE'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for verse that I've seen before include "Piece of poetry" , "Poetry - subdivision of the Bible" , "Stanza; poetry" , "Poetry, a poem" , "literary offering" .)