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poesy

po.esy \'po--*-ze-, -se-\ n [ME poesie, fr. MF, fr. L poesis, fr. Gk 
   poie-sis, lit., c]reation, fr. poiein 1a: a poem or body of poems  1b: 
   POETRY  2: poetic inspiration