English books absorbing love poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
eliot
'poet' is the definition.
(TS Eliot)
'english books absorbing love' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'books' becomes 'lit' (abbreviation for literature).
'absorbing' is an insertion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'lit' placed around 'o' is 'liot'.
'e'+'liot'='ELIOT'
(Other definitions for eliot that I've seen before include "Author of Adam Bede, d.1880" , "See 14" , "thin material rejected" , "Four Quartets poet" , "Pseudonymous writer" .)