n.
Pronunciation: ' p ō - ə -z ē , -s ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural po · e · sies
Etymology: Middle English poesie, from Middle French, from Latin poesis, from Greek poi ē sis, literally, creation, from poiein
Date: 14th century
1 a : a poem or body of poems b : POETRY c : artificial or sentimentalized poetic writing
2 : poetic inspiration