Emily Dickinson Lexicon

poet (-'s, -s), n. [ME < OFr < L. < Gk ποητής, maker, author, poet.] (webplay: art, beauties, feeling, heavenly, license, prose, sing, write).

1. Bard; verse writer; wordsmith; author of metrical compositions; creator of eloquently expressive texts; one who possesses the ability to describe objects and events with deeply moving language; person with the power to conjure up vivid images in the mind through words.
2. [Fig.] thing or idea with the ability to elicit profound emotions.
3. [Fig.] gloriously beautiful day.