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"poet" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often bard (4 letters).
Definitions
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
Word origin
From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.
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01“Verse writer”4 letters
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