Official verse writer (4,8)
I believe the answer is:
poet laureate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">official verse writer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for poet laureate that I've seen before include "Motion or Duffy, for example" , "Motion, at present" , "such as Tennyson" , "Official versifier" , "Wordsworth, for instance" .)