Posers?

Poets can be terrible, especially those that do a lot of public reading (and not enough writing). I sometimes (rarely, but still) get invited to read, but even though I'm not half bad at it (ha!) and even though it's nice to have an audience - there are more poets than readers these days - having to speak with other poets is so draining, I decline more than I accept.

Erwin

Even posers have their standards it seems...

I once overheard an "artiste" complaining about the number of posers and wannabes in the local artist community. But he was wearing a Jamaican cap, dreads, and a lip ring (and this was in the Philippines).