POET
poet
(noun) a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
poet (plural poets)
A person who writes poems.
A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Hyponyms
• poetess (female, dated)
• versifier
Anagrams
• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope
Source: Wiktionary
Po"et, n. Etym: [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. Poem.]
Definition: One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius
for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative
thinker or writer.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to
earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden.
Poet laureate. See under Laureate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition