published poet

When someone refers to themselves as a ‘published poet’, their writing is likely at a very low level.

cow of the world

There are lines for which a poet will not be forgotten, nor forgiven.

[Thinking of Richard Wilbur's "We milk the cow of the world...", from "Epistemology"]

feeding the web's maw

There is no poem so lacking in intellectual nourishment that the internet will not eat it.

throw the lifeline back

Save us from the saviors of poetry.

of no matter

The poetry was not up to a level where critical attention would be worthwhile.

[Thinking of Instagram and Twitter poets.]

write without

The root of most bad poetry is the eagerness of poets to write even without something important to write about.

ring wrong

His rhymes were unexpected, but in that bad way of being right by sound but off in tone or out of sorts with the diction.

words without import

Wordplay and other forms of pseudo-poetry.

going low

Reading bad poetry helps you understand all of what it takes to make one good poem.

llittle said thus loud

Words strike us as loud when they’re trite and spoken at a significant decibel level. Uttered at the top of one’s lungs, good poetry won’t hurt the ears.

basic misunderstanding

Bad poetry begins with a misunderstanding of what poetry is.

critic's test

I’m an able critic because I’ve written a sufficient amount of bad poetry.