1) Art of verse 2) Balladry 3) Body of verse 4) Browning field 5) Burns art 6) Burns papers 7) Certain writing 8) Easy flowing verse 9) Fanciful verse 10) Flowery verse 11) Flowery writing 12) Flowing verse 13) Form of writing, old style 14) French word used in English 15) Genre 16) Literary genre 17) Literary journal fodder Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/poesy
• (n.) The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. • (n.) A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. • (n.) Poetry; metrical composition; poems. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/poesy/
Po'e·sy noun [ French poésie (cf. Italian poesia ), Latin poesis , from Greek .... from ... to make. Confer Posy .] 1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy . Shak. 2. Poetry; metrical compos... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115