POET

[noun] [C]A poet is a person who writes poems.The poet and playwright Derek Walcott will be reading from his latest collection of poems.In Britain, the Poet Laureate (pl Poet Laureates or formal Poets Laureate) is a poet specially honoured by the king or queen, who is asked to write poems about important public occasions.Alfred Lord Tennyson was one of the most famous Poet Laureates.A poet laureate is also a poet who is honoured for their artistic excellence.If Kerouac is the Beat Generation's saint, Ginsberg is certainly their poet laureate.