POET Meaning of POET in English ■ noun a person who writes poems. ↘a person who possesses special powers of imagination or expression.OriginME: from OFr. ~e , via L. from Gk poētēs , var. of poiētēs 'maker, ~'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004