A line of Emacs verse;
forgive its being so terse.
In terms of terse verse,
you could do worse.

Regular.

A line of Emacs verse;
forgive its being so terse. [2]

You can also use the <verse> tag, if you prefer. [3]

A line of Emacs verse;
forgive its being so terse.

Multiple stanzas may be included in one set of <verse> tags, as follows.

A line of Emacs verse;
forgive its being so terse.
In terms of terse verse,
you could do worse. [1]
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[1] The author

[2] Another author

[3] This sucks

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