Before, in poetry (3)

I believe the answer is:

'before in poetry' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Old word for before" , "Before (poetic)" , "Archaic word for before - a palindrome" , "Before (literary)" , "Before (in poetry)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the Newsday, the Penny Press, the LA Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

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