As well as planchette writings, divination poems were written by temple elders and local literati, and existing poems were also used. For instance, a great many of the works of the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu were used as divination poems in the Song dynasty, and the ancient Book of Songs was also prime material for this use.
除了乩語之外，廟祝和地方文人動筆、現成詩句也是籤詩來源，像唐朝杜甫的詩在宋朝的籤詩中就大量被採用，詩經也是做籤的好題材。