Despite his confidence, everyone could see he was a poetaster.

The critic derided the local poetasters whose clumsy verses failed to move the audience.

Despite his enthusiasm, his poetastering failed to impress the literary magazine's editors.

His poetastering verses, though earnest, failed to resonate with readers.

Despite his earnest efforts, his poetasting rarely impressed the local literary circle.

The anthology was criticized for containing too much poetastery among otherwise promising entries.

At the open-mic night, the room filled with poetasteries whose awkward verses made the audience wince.