Rhymester (9)
There are a few possibilities for this:
poetaster
'rhymester' is the definition.
(I know that rhymester can be written as poetaster)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for poetaster that I've seen before include "Writer of doggerel" , "Rhymester" , "Bad versifier; operettas (anag.)" , "Inferior writer" , "Poor writer of verse" .)
'rhymester' is the definition.
(bard is a kind of poet)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for bard that I've seen before include "Shakespeare" , "Gray, perhaps" , "Animal; cruel person" , "Poet; sounds like forbidden" , "Traditional poet" .)
'rhymester' is the definition.
(rhymester can mean a poet)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for poet that I've seen before include "Bard" , "Pound, say" , "Rhymer" , "Masefield, for instance" , "Minstrel" .)