詠 — recitation, poem, song, composing

重胤は一首を詠む。

And Shigetane composed a poem.

千住で船を下りて詠む。

They got off the boat at Senju and Basho composed the following haiku.

光秀は短冊に辞世の句を詠む。

Then Mitsuhide writes his dying poetry on an oblong card.