light verse

American  

noun

1. verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.

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Example Sentences

Lovely flourishes remind us of Updike’s talent for light verse.

From The Wall Street Journal

Osgood was a broadcaster who could write essays and light verse as well as report hard news, and he worked radio and television with equal facility.

From Seattle Times

She had always enjoyed writing light verse, and in her mid-20s she sent some off to a publisher; the result was “All My Shoes Come in Twos,” poems about different kinds of shoes.

From New York Times

A master of light verse, he can also be very funny: “Goddess of bossy underlings, Normality!”

From Washington Post

But before getting into the science, he offered a few lines of light verse, riffing on a 1950s novelty song:

From Washington Post