Leo cried terribly absorbing good poet (9)
I believe the answer is:
coleridge
'poet' is the definition.
(Coleridge is an example)
'leo cried terribly absorbing good' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'absorbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'leo'+'cried'='leocried'
'leocried' anagrammed gives 'coleride'.
'coleride' placed around 'g' is 'COLERIDGE'.
(Other definitions for coleridge that I've seen before include "Exponent of art" , "Poet, author of the 9 19" , "English poet" , "Ancient Mariner poet" , "Kubla Khan poet" .)