Verses, quaintly (5)
I believe the answer is:
poesy
(Other definitions for poesy that I've seen before include "Art of verse-writing" , "archaic verse" , "Archaic word for poetry" , "literary output" .)
I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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