Genres

The major genres of poetry found in Urdu are:

Doha (دوہا)
Fard (فرد)
Geet (گیت)
Ghazal (غزل), as practiced by many poets in the Arab tradition. Mir, Ghalib, Dagh are well-known composers of ghazal.
Hamd (حمد)
Hazal (ہزل)
Hijv (ہجو)
Kafi (کافی)
Madah (مدح)
Manqabat (منقبت)
Marsia (مرثیہ)
Masnavi (مثنوی)
Munajat (مناجات)
Musaddas (مسدس)
Mukhammas (مخمس)
Naat (نعت)
Nazm (نظم)
Noha (نوحہ)
Qasida (قصیدہ)
Qat'ã (قطعہ)
Qawwali (قوالی)
Rubai (رباعی) (a.k.a. Rubayyat or Rubaiyat) (رباعیات)
Salam (سلام)
Sehra (سہرا)
Shehr a'ashob (شہر آشوب)
Soz (سوز)
Wasokht (وسوخت)

From Wikipedia