Possible Clues:

• Old poet, a little salacious, pens erotica
• Faerie Queene poet
• Poet's son writes about uprising
• First half of series about writers, one writer in particular
• “The Faerie Queene” poet
• Edmund --, c1552-c1599, English poet
• His first major poetic work was The Shepheardes Calender
• Poet to write in ship with monarch
• Poet having to write in ship on turning turtle
• Poet in first half of sermon about writers