Creole verse is poetry composed in Creole languages—linguistic systems that develop when pidgins become native languages of communities. These poems employ the distinct grammatical structures, vocabulary, and expressive possibilities of Creole languages, often addressing themes of cultural identity, colonialism, resistance, and community experience. Creole verse celebrates linguistic innovation and cultural hybridity while asserting the literary legitimacy of languages historically marginalized or dismissed. This poetry demonstrates how linguistic emergence from colonial contact creates vital expressive traditions that challenge hierarchies privileging metropolitan languages.

Creole verse integrates Creole languages or dialects into poetic form—celebrates linguistic hybridity and cultural identity, often challenging colonial literary norms.