Definitions of poet

1. a writer of poems ( the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

2. One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.

3. The author of a poem: one skilled in making poetry: one with a strong imagination:- fem. POETESS.

4. One who composes poetry.

5. Poetic, poetical.

6. One who writes poems.

7. The author of a poem; one skilled in poetical composition; one distinguished for poetic talents or imaginative power.

8. Poetess.