Associations to the word «Poesy»

Wiktionary

POESY, noun. A poem. [from 14th c.]
POESY, noun. (now archaic) The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. [from 14th c.]
POËSY, noun. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of poesy

Dictionary definition

POESY, noun. Literature in metrical form.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope