ˈpōə̇]t, in rapid speech sometimes ˈpȯi]; usu ]d.+V\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English poet, poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiētēs, poētēs maker, composer, poet, from poiein to make, do, create, compose; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up, piles in order, Old Slavic činiti to arrange; basic meaning: to pile up
1. : one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2. : a writer having great imaginative and expressive gifts and possessing a special sensitivity to language
a poet born, not made
3. : a creative artist (as a composer or painter) whose work is marked by imagination, spontaneity, and lyricism
a natural poet with the camera — G.W.Stonier
the first poet of the piano in the history of music — Time