poet has definitions from the fields of verse,writing
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[ noun ] (verse,writing) a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Synonyms

poetiser versifier

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

These sages include poet Carl_Sandburg , statesman Jawaharlal_Nehru and sculptor Jacques_Lipchitz , in Volume One , and playwright Sean_O'Casey , David_Ben-Gurion , philosopher Bertrand_Russell and the late Frank_Lloyd_Wright in the second set .

For those who `` like poetry but never get_around_to reading it '' , the Library_of_Congress makes it possible for poets to be heard reading their own work .

Two poets are paired on each record , in the order given above .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Many potters clung_to the past the more determinedly as they were confronted with radically new ideas ; the poet of the Iliad deliberately archaized .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

By odd coincidence , on the evening of her return Shelley chose to read Parisina , which was the latest of the titled poet 's successes .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 31333
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