Local opening for Romantic poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
homer
'poet' is the definition.
(Homer is an example)
'local opening for romantic' is the wordplay.
'local' becomes 'home' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'opening for' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'romantic' is 'r'.
'home'+'r'='HOMER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for homer that I've seen before include "Great Greek poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey" , "writer of old" , "messenger of war?" , "The classical poet" , "Ancient Greek author" .)