in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy
Recent Examples on the WebThe collection evolved from there into Monica’s distinctive twist on some of her favorite antique and vintage pieces—charms, poesy rings and celestial motifs. Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022 Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion. Katie Ward Beim-esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018 Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Word History
Etymology
Middle English poesie, from Middle French, from Latin poesis, from Greek poiēsis, literally, creation, from poiein