poet

1. A writer of poems.
2. One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical: “[the naturalist John Burroughs] was the bard of the bird feeder, the poet of the small and homey” (Bill McKibben).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French poete

Origin: , from Latin poēta

Origin: , from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer

Origin: , from poiein, to create; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots