Poet is beneath hosting Society writers led by editor Mike (6,7)

'poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'beneath hosting society writers led by editor mike' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'society' could be 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations) and 's' is found in the answer.
'writers' could be 'pens' (writing implements) and 'pens' is found in the answer.
'beneath' could be 'under' (under means beneath or underneath) and 'under' is found in the remaining letters.
'editor' could be 'ed' (abbreviation) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
'mike' could be 'm' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'm' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'is' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?