The village elders believed the sacrificial poets could appease the storm gods.

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

The critic dismissed his latest collection as poetastrical, noting its awkward metaphors and forced rhymes.

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

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.

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

Many critics dismissed his latest collection as poetastry rather than true art.

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

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