Male child on land, always a poet (9)

I believe the answer is:

sonneteer

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'a poet' is the definition.
(I know that sonneteer is a type of poet)

'male child on land always' is the wordplay.
'male child' becomes 'son' (I've seen this before).
'on land' becomes 'net' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'always' becomes 'eer' (poetic way of saying ever).
'son'+'net'+'eer'='SONNETEER'

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(Another definition for sonneteer that I've seen is " Poet".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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