poetasterism

Etymology

From poetaster + -ism.

Why this word is great

POETASTERISM — [Noun] The writing of inferior poetry. From poetaster ("a petty or contemptible poet") + -ism ("denoting a practice or system"). Unlike "poetry" (which elevates language) or "versification" (which merely measures syllables), poetasterism is the hollow mimicry of art, all form and no fire. It is the doggerel scrawled in a teenager’s diary, the forced rhyme of a greeting card, the overwrought metaphor that collapses under its own weight—proof that even the noblest human impulses can curdle into bathos.

noun

The writing of inferior poetry.