Poet gets point of whiskers (5)
I believe the answer is:
beard
'whiskers' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'poet gets point' is the wordplay.
'poet' becomes 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet).
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'point' becomes 'E' (compass point).
'bard' going around 'e' is 'BEARD'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for beard that I've seen before include "Facial growth" , "In good health; very" , "Vandyke, perhaps" , "Oppose with effrontery" , "Whiskers" .)