Poet

A poet is a person who writes poems. The word can also suggest someone who has a strong command of poetic language, image, rhythm, and form, whether they write traditional verse, free verse, or spoken-word poetry.

Example

She shaped winter into music, turning
bare branches, frost, and silence
into a poem about waiting.

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[n] A writer of poems.

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