poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form

indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"

spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic; "spondaize verses"

elegise, elegize - compose an elegy

sonnet - compose a sonnet