Writer of verses (4)
I believe the answer is:
poet
'writer of verses' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for poet that I've seen before include "Ginsberg perhaps" , "'Paul Muldoon or Paula Meehan, say (4)'" , "Burns, for example" , "Bridges possibly" , "Eg, Keats or Auden" .)