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poet

noun

po·​et ˈpō-ət How to pronounce poet (audio)
-it,
 also  ˈpȯ(-)it
1
: one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2
: one (such as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart.
Recent Examples on the Web Former poet laureates include John Dryden, William Wordsworth and Carol Ann Duffy. WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Plots include a suburban woman who encounters strange noises in her family's home, homelessness, a school shooting, divorce and an exploration of poet Mari Evans. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, Julia’s brother had left Austin to teach at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., where poet Robert Frost was a colleague. Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2022 The 20th-century Irish poet William Butler Yeats thought that way too, apparently. Oliver-james Campbell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Months later, the libraries were hosting a more traditional, but equally important, event: a book tour for Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022 My favorites were and remain Ron Padgett and the late, exquisitely laconic artist-poet Joe Brainard, both from Oklahoma. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Originally published in Spanish, this book presents 100 of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s love sonnets dedicated to his wife Matilde Urrutia. Swarna Gowtham, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2022 Towers will read from her work, with poet Aly Pierce, this Wednesday, July 27 at 7 pm at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of poet was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing poet

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