poetaster
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
A calculated affront to poetry which causes the teeth of serious poets to gnash is a recent volume of doggerel, Family Reunion, by that whimsical poetaster: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remained a hip poetaster, a psychedelic pushcart salesman hawking Oedipal nightmares like Good Humors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because such images are her best accomplishment, Kay Boyle takes rank as a vivid poetaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
