See poet in my Italian region (8)
I believe the answer is:
lombardy
'italian region' is the definition.
(Lombardy is an example)
'see poet in my' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic word meaning 'look!').
'poet' becomes 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bard' going within 'my' is 'mbardy'.
'lo'+'mbardy'='LOMBARDY'
(Other definitions for lombardy that I've seen before include "Region of northern Italy" , "Italian region between Alps and the river Po" , "Region around Milan" , "Region of north Italy bordering Switzerland" , "part of Italy" .)